Slovakia handed over to Ukraine the first 4 MiG-29 fighters from the promised batch

The first 4 MiG-29 fighters, previously in service with the Slovak air force, have been delivered to Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Slovakia Yaroslav Nagy.

Earlier, the military department of Slovakia announced the transfer of 13 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. These aircraft were in service with the Slovak air force, but then the country's Ministry of Defense decided to abandon the use of obsolete Soviet-made aircraft.

Thus, the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine has been launched. Poland promises to transfer another 20 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. It will be in service with the Ukrainian Air Force after the Polish deliveries of 33 MiG-29 fighters.

Meanwhile, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not very satisfied with the supply of Soviet-made aircraft. The official representative of the Air Force of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, has previously stated that fighters of this type are outdated and inefficient. He expressed doubt that they can withstand modern cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Russian armed forces.

But NATO countries are in no hurry to transfer Western-made aircraft to Ukraine, primarily due to the lack of pilots and technical specialists capable of operating and maintaining these aircraft. Western pilots, for obvious reasons, are also apparently not eager to go to serve in Ukraine, where there is a very high risk of ending their flying career forever.

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[Mavrikiy]

Slovakia handed over to Ukraine the first 4 MiG-29 fighters from the promised batch

Thanks Slovakia. I don’t know yet what we will give away, but wait for an answer with calibers, expanders, daggers, or something more solid.

[Maz]

Let our Aces train, there the number of downed Pepelats from the Ukrolluftwaffe goes over 500

[Orange Bigg]

Soon more Mirages will catch up according to rumors.

The Parisian Le Figaro reports that the Ukrainian military has been training at the French air bases of Mont-de-Marsan and Nancy for a month and a half - 30 people of flight and technical personnel. They are taught to fly and serve French Mirage 2000 fighter-bombers ("Mirage"). According to Le Figaro, France is going to transfer 10 such aircraft to Ukraine. Official Kyiv denied this information. Official Paris - no.

https://k-politika.ru/makron-gotov-nagadit-o-peredache-bombardirovshhikov-mirazh-ukraine/

[Alex777]

Quote from Orange Bigg

Soon more Mirages will catch up according to rumors.

They won't make it until the end of the year. And they won't need it.

[Alf]

Quote: Mavrikiy

What we will give away, I don’t know yet,

As usual, expressions of concern..

[carpenter]

apparently, they are also not eager to go to serve in Ukraine, where there is a very high risk of permanently ending their flying career.

More likely to end not his "flying career", but his life path.

[opuonmed]

Well, let's go first! How will Russia respond? for me, if they take off not from Ukraine, then strike at those airfields! Well, they themselves wanted World War 3! they are the EU and the USA and the Britons all think that they will avoid a nuclear war! but it's not! how their potential is higher than that of the Russian Federation! current, thanks to nuclear weapons, they have not yet directly attacked the Russian Federation! well it's so simple a thought no more!

[Andrey Andreev_2]

Interestingly, was there no clause in the contract for the supply of MIG fighters to Slovakia prohibiting the sale of them without agreement with the manufacturer? I'm sure it was, it's common practice. Therefore, Slovakia violates the contract and must be punished!!! And Taiwan will get its full share for the supply of drones to Ukraine ... We remember everyone)))

[Mikhail Ya2]

At the time when the USSR supplied these aircraft, there were no such contracts. Yes, and there is no USSR, there is no one to present

[Alf]

Quote: Mikhail Ya2

Yes, and there is no USSR, there is no one to present

You should at least look into the Constitution before you say this ... Especially for you.

[marat2016]

After the collapse of Czechoslovakia, the Czech and Slovak Air Forces got 10 MiG-29 aircraft each. In 1994-96, Slovakia received 14 MiG-29S / UB aircraft in payment of the Russian debt (5 MiG-29S and 1 MiG-29UB in 1994 + 7 MiG-29S and 1 MiG-29UB in 1995-96) .

[Jager]

The Russian Federation should have had fighters for Slovakia?

[blackGRAIL]

This clause of the contract is valid when the seller can provide consequences for its violation. Russia cannot provide them. Such countries are not interested in further military cooperation with Russia, and Russia itself will never interrupt raw material cooperation on its own initiative.

[Alf]

Quote: Andrey Andreev_2

Therefore, Slovakia violates the contract and must be punished!!!

How ?

Quote: Andrey Andreev_2

Taiwan will receive its full reward for the supply of drones to Ukraine ...

Once again, how?

Quote: Andrey Andreev_2

We remember everyone

Since 2022, we have been remembering ... Something is not visible in the results of memorization ...

[Mikhail Krivopalov]

You would better remember what our leaders tell us, otherwise they start telling and proving, then they change their shoes and start telling quite the opposite

[Hitriy Zhuk]

It is necessary to strike from Belarus, cutting off from NATO, and at the same time press from Donetsk, so that they are torn into two sides.
And without supplies, they won’t last even a month.

[Alf]

Quote: Hitriy Zhuk

It is necessary to strike from Belarus cutting off from NATO, and at the same time reap from Donetsk,

What to press and hit? 2000 Armat? Clouds of UAVs? Baofengs? D-1? T-62? Contract professional army?

[Glagol1]

Nothing to hit! We hold the front that we have. Not without problems. They are more likely to strike in April than we are. To Melitopol and Berdyansk, cutting through our forces and eliminating the land corridor to the Crimea.

[B44]

Of course, right through the swamps, huge minefields and prepared for months defensive structures. Not to mention that NATO will know 2 days in advance that our troops are concentrating on the border. Wake up, this is not a movie on TV.

[Volunteer Marek]

Yes, we can't answer. Only an increase in efforts to prepare for the massacre. The concentration of all forces on one goal. The goal is to save the country. If, of course, there is still time.

[Aleksandr65]

Armament and support from NATO is in full swing, but we have not started yet or are already too late to start .... It's time to peel along the Ukrainian-Polish border after 20 km ... or will we pull again correcting the letters in the doctrine?

[karabas-barabas]

Quote: Aleksandr65

Armament and support from NATO is in full swing

Deliveries of tanks to the RF Armed Forces are also ongoing. Look, the T-54/55 went in echelons, apparently the T-62s ended, where they were only dug up. It is interesting what kind of MiG 29 is transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Eastern Europe, because some of them were modernized by the Israelis. I believe the APU needs any aircraft that can be adapted for resetting JDAM, they were able to adjust Mig29 for HARM. When Ukrainians start talking about the F-16, then this is already a desire to have superiority in the air, they want aircraft with AFAR and NATO RVV.