Poland ready to place all its MIG-29 jets at the disposal of US to bolster Ukraine’s military
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Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the US to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine.
Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other Nato members that own planes of that type to do the same, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
US lawmakers pushed President Joe Biden's administration on Monday to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other Nato and Eastern European countries, after a plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"The authorities of the Republic of Poland...are ready to deploy immediately and free of charge all their MIG-29 jets to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America," the ministry said.
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"At the same time, Poland requests the United States to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities. Poland is ready to immediately establish the conditions of purchase of the planes," it said in a statement.
Poland is supporting Kyiv with defensive weapons, but has said it would not send jets to Ukraine, as it is not a direct party to the conflict between Ukraine - which is not a Nato ally - and Russia.
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