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Slovak MiG-29 fighters, remove Bratislava alerting and decommissioned, already precisely will be sent to Ukraine. It will happen, most likely in early September.
The Minister of defence of Slovakia Jaroslav Nagy promised to withdraw fighter jets from service after international Airshow SIAF 2022, which took place on August 27-28 at the tarmac of the air base Kuhinja in the West of the country. 1st September-airspace of the Republic will be under the protection of the fighters of the air forces of the Czech Republic and Poland.
All Ukraine will receive 11 of the MiG-29, the air force Slovakia Soviet Assembly, inherited from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. One of the aircraft, apparently, up to this point did not survive. Total in service with the Slovak air force, were four MiG-29AS and the MiG-29UBS upgraded to NATO standards for radio and navigational equipment and system identification.
- wrote in his TG channel Verkhovna Rada Goncharenko.
It remains only obscure question, but very important for Ukraine, and Slovakia. Bratislava give these planes Kiev, Zelensky or all of them will have to pay. Previously, the defense Ministry Slovakia strongly advocated for the version of the sales, but over time things could change. Also interesting is the issue of pilots for fighter jets, a Ukraine reserves, in addition to dropout of students and residues from aircrew personnel, almost completely knocked out the Russian pilots and gunners.