| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Slovakia cleared to donate MiG-29s to Ukraine |
| 2022-07-04 |
| [RT] Slovakia can donate its Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, after the Czech Republic agreed to patrol Slovakian airspace from September onwards, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Sunday. The MiG deal has reportedly been in the works for several months. "We will help Slovakia until it has new planes at its disposal," Fiala said during a televised debate with Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger. "I don't see any problem there, the government will certainly approve it." The Slovak Air Force is believed to operate 12 MiG-29s, which were left in its inventory after the collapse of the USSR. Rumors that Slovakia would donate these planes to Kiev began circulating days after Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February, when EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced that the bloc would source Soviet-made jets from Eastern European countries for Ukraine’s battered air force. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 If they drag this out any further, the whole shooting match will already be over. Which may be the intention. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-07-04 10:09 |