Bloody hell, its not 29 Mig 29's
In a move likely aimed at increasing pressure on Europe to act, the Ukrainian parliament on Monday
tweeted that Europe was sending 70 fighter planes to Ukraine, including
28 MiG-29s from Poland, 12 from Slovakia and 16 from Bulgaria, along with 14 Su-25s from Bulgaria.
https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-pil...lxEPNEHMJSdFEO
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Burrell said Sunday that individual EU countries had
agreed to donate Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine to help it
defend itself against Russia's invasion, and Ukraine's parliament
said Monday that Bulgaria, Poland, and Slovakia had agreed to give the country more than 70 MiG-29s and Su-25s. A Ukrainian government official told Politico Monday that Ukrainian pilots were already in Poland to start the process of taking control of the 28 MiG-29s they are expecting to be donated. (Joseph Trevithick at The Drive explains why he's skeptical.)
"The potential transfer of older Russian-made planes to be used in combat against Russian forces could be the most significant moment yet in a wave of promised arms transfers over the past 24 hours that includes thousands of anti-armor rockets, machine guns, artillery, and other equipment,"
Politico reports. But representatives from Poland and Slovakia did not respond to Politico's request for confirmation and
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said Monday he had rejected Ukraine's request for fighter jets.
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-says-...lxEPNEHMJSdFEO
Deadpan they had stopped flying the Mig29's and were replacing them
https://defence24.com/mig-29-and-su-...unched-by-2022