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Slovakia hands over all 13 promised MiG fighter jets to Ukraine

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Reuters
Published: Apr 17, 2023, 07:04 GMT+00:00

(Reuters) - Slovakia has handed over all 13 MiG-29 fighter jets it had pledged to Ukraine, the Slovak Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Slovakia hands over the first of its MiG jets to Ukraine

(Reuters) – Slovakia has handed over all 13 MiG-29 fighter jets it had pledged to Ukraine, the Slovak Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Slovakia joined Poland in promising the planes in March to aid Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion, and had delivered the first four planes last month.

(Reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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