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Ukraine receives fighter jet boost as another 13 MiGs sent by Europe

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The announcement comes a day after Polish President Andrzej Duda announced that Warsaw will send Ukraine four Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Poland breaks with NATO allies by pledging to send fighter jets to Ukraine (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    (CNN) -- Poland on Thursday pledged it would send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO member to do so, in a significant move in Kyiv's battle to resist Russia's onslaught. President Andrzej Duda said the planes -- from about a dozen that it had inherited from the former German Democr…

  2. Portland Press Herald

    Poland plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets.

  3. Hot Air

    Poland to be 1st NATO member to give Ukraine fighter jets (opens Hot Air)

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    Poland’s president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfill the Ukrainian government’s increasingly...

  4. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.

  5. NPR

    Poland will send fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO country to do so (opens NPR)

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    Ukraine has long sought fighter jets, though these are old Soviet-made MiG-29s and not the more advanced Western warplanes that Kyiv covets.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Poland to send 4 MiG-29s to Ukraine ‘within days’, president says (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Poland to become first NATO member to meet Ukraine’s increasingly urgent requests for fighter jets.

  7. PBS NewsHour

    Poland promises fighter jets to Ukraine, 1st for a NATO member (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets.

  8. Fox News

    Poland plans to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine following urgent requests from the war torn country (opens Fox News)

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    Ukraine is expecting to receive around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland. President Zelenskyy has pleaded for supporters to send fighter jets.

  9. Los Angeles Times

    Poland plans to grant Ukraine's urgent pleas for fighter jets (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Poland’s leader says his country plans to give Ukraine about a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets to fulfill Kyiv's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.

  10. NBC News

    Poland becomes first NATO member to grant Ukraine’s request for fighter jets (opens NBC News)

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    While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for Western supporters to share fighter jets, NATO allies have expressed hesitancy.

  11. Newsweek

    Poland to send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine (opens Newsweek)

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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking the West for months for fighter jets to assist in the war.

  12. The Daily Caller

    Poland To Send Fighter Jets To Ukraine, Becoming First NATO Country To Do So (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Poland confirmed plans to send at least a dozen fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the first North American Treaty Organization (NATO) country to do so.

  13. PJ Media

    Poland Becomes First NATO Country to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine (opens PJ Media)

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    Poland announced Thursday it will send a dozen or more Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to war-torn Ukraine — at least half its combat-ready inventory — becoming the first NATO country to do...

  14. Deutsche Welle

    Poland to transfer MiG-29 jets to Ukraine within days – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    President Andrzej Duda has announced they will deliver four figher jets to Ukraine in "the next few days."

  15. The Guardian

    Poland to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine in major escalation of military backing (opens The Guardian)

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    Four Soviet-era MiG-29s to be sent as first instalment and could lead to other Nato members providing warplanes

  16. Washington Post

    Poland says it will be first NATO country to give fighter jets to Ukraine (opens Washington Post)

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    Polish President, Andrzej Duda said the country would deliver the first Soviet-made MiG-29s in the coming days.

  17. Digital Journal

    Poland to be first NATO member to send fighter jets to Ukraine (opens Digital Journal)

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    Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first

  18. Breaking Defense

    Ukraine gets its fighter jets: Polish MiG-29s to arrive within 'days' (opens Breaking Defense)

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    Poland plans to send a dozen MiG-29 jets to Ukraine, with the first four likely to come within the week. But what state the jets will be in, and who else might send them, is a big question mark.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Poland first NATO country to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Poland pledged to send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming days.

  20. Winchester Star

    Slovakia agrees to give Ukraine fleet of Soviet warplanes (opens Winchester Star)

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    Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets. Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced the unanimous decision of his government on Friday. Slovakia

  21. NPR

    Poland is the first NATO member to say it will send fighter jets to Ukraine (opens NPR)

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    NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to William Taylor, ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, about Poland's decision to provide MiG-29s to Ukraine. It may signal new urgency by allies to try to end Russia's invasion.

  22. Fox News

    Slovakia's government approves plan to send Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets (opens Fox News)

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    Ukraine will receive a fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets from Slovakia. Slovakia's prime minister announced the plan at a news conference on Friday.

  23. New York Times

    Slovakia follows Poland in pledging warplanes for Ukraine. (opens New York Times)

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    The news came after Poland’s president said that his country would send MIG-29 jets, a move that appeared intended to open the door to more advanced warplanes from NATO allies.

  24. Breitbart News

    Escalation: Backed by U.S., Poland and Slovakia Sending Jets to Ukraine (opens Breitbart News)

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    Russia vowed to destroy all jets donated after Poland and Slovakia, backed by equipment and finance from the U.S. announced deliveries.

  25. Deutsche Welle

    Ukraine updates: Slovakia to send MIG-29 jets to Ukraine – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Slovakia has decided to send 13 MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russian forces have made some progress in the battle for the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, according to British intelligence. DW has the latest.

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