The Western allies may decide on the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine “before the beginning of summer” after the deliveries to Poland and Slovakia, Acting Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen said, The Kyiv Independent reports.
The talks will take time as the allies must act together, but a solution remains achievable “in the short term”, the minister said, according to AFP, as quoted by Le Figaro.
“Denmark will not do it alone,” Poulsen added. “We will have to do it together with several countries. And we will also have to have a dialogue with the Americans about this.”
Slovakia and Poland have already delivered four MiG-29s to Ukraine. President Andrzej Duda said at the beginning of April that Poland is ready to hand over four more and is preparing six more, which “could be handed over quite soon”, thus bringing the total number promised to Kyiv to 14.
Duda also suggested that in the future Poland may supply Ukraine with the entire fleet of MiG-29 fighters when the Polish Air Force acquires new aircraft to replace them.
Acknowledging that the MiG-29 transfer is a big help, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said that the Soviet-era fighters are unlikely to “change the situation at the front.”
Ukraine is seeking to acquire more advanced Western aircraft, such as the American F-16, but so far no country has committed to their delivery.
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