Polish authorities said they have too few fighter jets to transfer them to Ukraine.
The corresponding statement was made by the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak on February 15 following a meeting with partners in the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels.
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What Blaszczak said about the transfer of fighters to Ukraine
Answering a question about the prospects of transferring American F-16 fighters to Ukraine, the minister said that this topic was discussed in Brussels, but there were no new statements.
Poland has too few modern fighters to participate in such a program, – said the head of the Polish defense department.
He noted that Poland currently has only 48 F-16 fighters.
We have ordered F-35s and Korean FA-50s, but deliveries are taking time. – Blaszczak said.
The minister clarified that Poland does not object to the supply of combat aircraft to Ukraine by other NATO countries.
There are countries that have many of these aircraft. We support this idea – summed up the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense.
What leaders of other NATO countries are saying
On January 31, US President Joseph Biden said that the country does not intend to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Later, the head of the British government, Rishi Sunak, said that Ukraine had been offered to train pilots of NATO fighter jets in the UK. Subsequently, a representative of the British Prime Minister clarified that London did not make a decision on the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine.
German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz and the country’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius have repeatedly stated that Berlin does not intend to supply fighter jets to Ukraine.
However, French President Emmanuel Macron does not rule out the possibility of transferring combat aircraft to Kyiv.
