Slovakia approves sending 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

byYuri Zoria

17/03/2023

1 minute read

Slovak MiG-29 Fulcrum on 25 August 2022. Photo: The Aviationist

Slovakia approves sending 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

On 17 March, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger reported on Twitter that the government of Slovakia approved sending 13 of its Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/eduardheger/status/1636656042057539584?dsfs

On 9 March, Slovakia’s Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď called on his country’s government to decide on sending MiG-29s to Ukraine, after Polish President Andrzej Duda reiterated Poland’s readiness to hand over his country’s MiGs.

On 16 March, Duda said Poland would send four of its MiG-29s “within the next days,” which makes Poland the first NATO member country to send fighter jets to Ukraine amid Russia’s year-long full-scale invasion of the country.

Previously, Slovakia donated Ukraine eight Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers.

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