Why the US scrapped Polish plans to give Ukraine fighter jets

A Ukrainian Air Force pilot exits a MiG-29 fighter jet after a training flight from a military airbase near Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2016. The Pentagon this week rejected a proposal from Poland to provide the Ukrainian Air Force with MiG-29 fighter jets, which Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby described as not “tenable” because of the risk of open conflict between NATO and Russia.

The deal, had it gone through, would have seen Poland transfer 28 MiG jets to Ukraine via the United States, while the US would have sent replacement F-16s to replenish the Polish Air Force. However, Biden administration […]

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