The Government of Germany has authorized that of Poland to export to Ukraine a new batch of Soviet-made fighters that belonged to the defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR), after resolving a request in a matter of hours.
The Polish authorities, who have already delivered fighters to Ukraine, now want to send more MiG-29 aircraft to their neighboring country. Being of German origin, it is up to Berlin to give the final go-ahead, in line with what had previously happened with other types of weapons.
The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, had promised from Mali that his government would make a decision as soon as possible, even this Thursday, and in a matter of hours his department has responded in the affirmative. “This shows that Germany can be trusted,” Pistorius stressed.
The planes in question were sold to Poland in 2003, coming from the arsenal that still remained from the extinct GDR.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denis Smighal, thanked his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, for this latest effort to reinforce Kiev’s air fleet, taking advantage of the fact that both have coincided on an official trip to Washington, where they have met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
“I have met in Washington with a friend from Ukraine, Morawiecki. I have personally thanked the Prime Minister and all the Polish people for the support that Poland is carrying out for the victory of Ukraine,” he wrote on Twitter.
Smighal has highlighted in the aforementioned social network that Poland’s initiatives are favoring the formation of what they have called “a coalition of combat aircraft”, to which Slovakia, for example, has already joined.
The President of Poland, Andrezj Duda, confirmed last week that his country had already sent eight fighters to Ukraine and anticipated the future conditioning of another six, which would bring the total to 14. The Poles and Slovaks have promised about thirty of this type of aircraft. Soviet-made fighter planes.
