Slovakia’s Acting Prime Minister, Eduard Heger, said the republic plans to supply MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming weeks. Portal reports teraz.sk.
Acting by broadcast. The head of the Slovak Cabinet did not reveal details of what equipment Bratislava will receive as compensation for the transfer of warplanes to Kiev.
It was reported earlier by Jaroslav Nagy, Deputy Minister of Defense of Slovakia. signed An intergovernmental agreement with Miroslav Kastran, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bratislava, on the transfer by the republic of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets, as well as two air defense missile systems (AD) “Cube” in Kiev.
Until then Nagy saidthat Slovakia expects to receive $900 million in compensation for the supply of these warplanes to Ukraine.
In turn, Yuriy Ignat, representative of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) declarationThat the MiG-29 warplanes that Poland and Slovakia are planning to transfer to Kiev are outdated and ineffective in the fight against cruise missiles and drones.