Poland will not transfer all its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

Paweł Jabłoński, Deputy Head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the statement on the air of the RMF 24 radio station.

According to him, only a part of the current fleet of combat aircraft will be transferred.

“No, I don’t think we will give all MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine,” Jabłoński emphasized.

He also noted that the transfer of combat aircraft would be gradual.

“First of all, it’s for these supplies to be effective… At the same time, we are strengthening Poland’s security,” he added.

In the first half of March it became known that together with Slovakia, Poland was ready to hand over MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force. Jaroslav Nad’, Minister of Defense of Slovakia, made the corresponding announcement.

He noted that he had spoken with Mariusz Błaszczak, Head of the Polish Ministry of Defense, at the meeting of EU defense ministers in Stockholm, and the latter had said that Warsaw would agree to a joint process of transferring MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.

In an interview with CNN, President of Poland Andrzej Duda also confirmed his readiness to take such actions. He stated that Warsaw was ready to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine as part of an international coalition.

On March 16, Andrzej Duda announced that Ukraine would receive the first four MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland in the coming days.

However, Warsaw has not officially announced how many aircraft it plans to hand over to Kyiv. And also the terms of their transfer.

As previously reported, on March 17, the Government of Slovakia approved the transfer of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad’ reported on March 23 that the first four aircraft had arrived in Ukraine. The transfer of fighter jets takes place as part of the defense assistance.