Kyiv Backed Out of 'Drones for MiGs' Deal with Warsaw, Minister Claims
- Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that Poland will not transfer additional MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, stating Kyiv failed to honor an agreement to exchange the aircraft for drone manufacturing technology.
- Kosiniak-Kamysz proposed a partnership-based model offering MiGs in exchange for drone production know-how. Ukraine initially accepted but later withdrew, leaving the arrangements unfulfilled.
- Poland previously transferred 14 MiG-29 jets to support Kyiv against Russia in spring 2023. The current government is phasing out these Soviet-era aircraft, transitioning toward modern U.S.-designed F-16s and F-35s.
- Diplomatic tensions have escalated following Ukraine's decision to honor the World War II-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army , which Poland remembers for its role in the 1943 and 1945 Volyn massacres.
- Addressing the dispute, Kosiniak-Kamysz warned that Ukraine faces difficulties joining the European Union if it continues to venerate figures like Stepan Bandera. "With Bandera, Ukraine will not join the European Union," he stated.
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Kyiv backed out of 'drones for MiGs' deal with Warsaw, minister claims
As relations between Ukraine and Poland remain at their worst state in years, the Polish defence minister claimed that Kyiv backed out of the two countries' "MiGs in exchange for drones" deal and threatened to veto Ukraine’s EU accession.
Moreover, they would not hand over their MiG-29 fighters until they received Ukrainian drones in exchange.
Poland Threatens Ukraine to Block Its Accession Process: "With Flag, Ukraine Will Not Enter the EU."
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Poland will not support Ukraine's accession to the European Union if the Kiev authorities continue to offend members of the Ukrainian Nationalist Organisation...
Warsaw froze the transfer of MiG-29 Kyev fighters because of the breakdown of the agreements on the exchange of experience with drones, and the Polish Defence Minister Kosinyak-Kamish also warned that Ukraine would not join the EU with Bandera.
Ukraine backed out of MiGs-for-drones deal, Polish minister claims
"I proposed what I believe was a very fair, partnership-based approach: MiGs in exchange for drones," Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said. "The Ukrainians initially accepted it but did not follow through, so there are no MiGs for Ukraine because there are no drones, or drone capabilities, for Poland."
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