I presume this means air policing, German and other SAM already having been deployed..
It is being suggested that reason is that, once an agreement is signed, the Slovakian Mig-29s can then, finally, be transferred to Ukraine…..
Slovak Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď has asked the Czech Republic for assistance in temporarily defending the country's airspace He said this during a visit to his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová.
According to Naď, in addition to the Czechs, Polish forces will also be involved in the defence. Chernokhova replied that negotiations on the terms of this assistance were underway.