The head of the Slovak Defense Ministry, Robert Kalinnik, said that Bratislava did not receive compensation for MiG-29 fighters transferred to Ukraine. The publication reports that Standard.
According to him, the previous government of Slovakia contributed to the fact that the country remained without its own missile defense and combat aircraft. Kalinnik added that the 700 million Euros promised for the MiGs transferred to the Ukrainian side were not returned to Bratislava.
The minister added that the EU confirmed that in 2024 Slovakia will not receive anything for the transferred fighters.
He also expressed doubts that Bratislava would receive this money in the future.
Before that, deputies of the Slovak parliament supported A change in the law that allows the country’s Ministry of Defense to approve arms exports and supplies. According to Politico newspaper, this will open the opportunity for private and state defense organizations to supply weapons to Kiev.
According to the publication, it is alleged that behind the Smer party and its leader Robert Fico, currently in power in Slovakia, are oligarchs who benefit from the export of their weapons to Ukraine.
Previously in NATO in the name The condition for the transfer of F-16 to Ukraine.