Overview
- Poland’s General Staff announced the planned handover as a “donation of the aircraft” and aligned it with alliance policy toward Ukraine.
- Negotiations with Kyiv continue on Poland gaining access to Ukrainian drone and rocket technology with an aim of joint development.
- Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said solidarity must work in both directions as the talks proceed.
- Poland is retiring the Soviet-era MiG-29s at the end of their service life, with missions shifting to U.S. F-16s and South Korea’s FA-50s.
- Ukraine still operates several dozen MiG-29s as its most common fighter, and Poland had already transferred ten of the jets in 2023.