Source: https://www.key.aero/article/poland-and-slovakia-transfer-mig-29-fleets-ukraine
In a significant move to support Kyiv’s ongoing battle against invading Russian forces, Poland and Slovakia have pledged to donate their Soviet-era Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters to Ukraine in the coming days.
The move was first announced by Polish President Andrzej Duda during a news conference on March 16, following an official meeting with Czech President Petr Pavel in Warsaw, and makes Poland the first NATO member state to formally commit to donating fixed-wing combat aircraft to war-torn Ukraine. During the conference, Duda confirmed that an initial batch of four MiG-29s will be sent to Ukraine in the coming days.
Duda said: “It’s about MiG-29, which are still active and performing air defence duties of Poland’s airspace. Indeed, such a decision was made at the level of state authorities. It can be safely said that we literally send these MiG-29s to Ukraine at the moment. We currently have a dozen or so of these aircraft, and these are MiG-29s, which we took over in the early 1990s from the German Democratic Republic army.
“These are the last years of their [Polish Air Force] service because their technical capabilities. In the coming days, we [will] transfer four MiG-29s to Ukraine in full operational condition. Other aircraft are being serviced and prepared. Their place will be taken by newly delivered FA-50 aircraft from South Korea, the first we expect at the end of the year, and then the F-35 squadrons,” he added.