Russian Ukraine war

Ukrainian servicemen launch a drone not far from the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on Jan. 25, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. The ambassador called for the U.S. officials that Russia's position on the incident was that the U.S. Ukraine has vowed to defend Bakhmut to the last, despite doubts over the merits of that strategy. Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Nikolenko's comments come after DeSantis appeared to dismiss the significance of the war in Ukraine, telling Fox News that "while the U.S. The fighter jet passes over the top of the U.S. Department of Defense said the footage shows a Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting an "unsafe" and "unprofessional intercept" of a U.S. In a statement posted on its official Telegram channel, the ministry said the drone was flying with its transponders off near the Crimean Peninsula when it went into "unguided flight" and then fell into the water. Both the U.S. Moscow has effectively blamed the U.S. At the start of the footage a Russian Su-27 approaches to the rear of the U.S.

The 42-second clip shows Russian jets spraying the Reaper drone with what the Pentagon says is jet fuel, before it crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday.

Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, said on state television on Wednesday that the Russian authorities were trying to retrieve the remnants of the drone. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said on Wednesday that relations between Moscow and Washington were “at their lowest point, in a very bad state.” But he said he had nothing to add about the drone incident. Moscow’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said that the drone was conducting “unacceptable” activity in the vicinity of Russia’s borders. officials also said that the drone was flying in international airspace and had crashed in waters southwest of Crimea. Moscow said this was a violation of the instructions Russia has issued for the airspace over its military operations in Ukraine. The Pentagon said that Russian warplanes intercepted the drone over international waters. Austin III on Wednesday accused Russia of “dangerous and reckless and unprofessional behavior” in blaming Moscow for the downing of a U.S. Austin said earlier on Wednesday, at the beginning of a virtual meeting on Ukraine with allies, that the United States would continue to fly spy planes over international waters, including the Black Sea. noncompliance with a flight restriction zone declared by Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. drone that the Pentagon said was downed by a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday. In March, [Finland’s Parliament](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/world/europe/finland-nato-sweden.html?)passed all of the legislation it needs to join the alliance once it is approved by member states. On a final pass, one of the Russian jets collides with the drone, the Pentagon says, and the camera feed is lost for about 60 seconds.

The U.S. military's European Command published footage early Thursday appearing to show the moment two Russian fighter jets intercepted a U.S. drone over ...

[The edited Air Force footage](https://www.eucom.mil/video/42319/us-air-force-mq-9-camera-footage-russian-su-27-black-sea-intercept), which has not been independently verified by The Washington Post, shows an aircraft approaching the drone and releasing fuel beside it. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. military’s European Command published footage early Thursday appearing to show the moment two Russian fighter jets intercepted a U.S.

The US military's European Command has released newly declassified video of the Tuesday encounter between a US surveillance drone and a Russian fighter jet as it played out over the Black Sea. Russia said it will try to retrieve the wreckage of the ...

Then, a Russian Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jet is shown approaching. The video from the drone is then disrupted as the Russian fighter jet collides with the MQ-9 Reaper, damaging the propeller and ultimately forcing the US to bring down the drone in the Black Sea. Moscow had made clear it would attempt to retrieve the wreckage of the drone, and two officials told CNN Wednesday that Russia had reached the MQ-9 crash site in the Black Sea.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance ...

The U.S. Other U.S. officials said the U.S. has not recovered the crashed drone, U.S. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, said the incident occurred at 7:03 a.m. of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine. The MQ-9, which has a 66-foot (20-meter) wingspan, includes a ground control station and satellite equipment. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, would not say whether the ditched drone had been armed. drone following the encounter with Russian fighter jets. Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday were the first since October. Dumping the fuel appeared to be aimed at blinding its optical instruments and driving it out of the area’ EST) over international waters, and well clear of Ukraine, after the Russian jets had flown in the vicinity of the drone for 30 to 40 minutes.

The US military's European Command has released footage of the Tuesday encounter between a US surveillance drone and Russian fighter jets as it played out over ...

Then, a Russian Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jet is shown approaching. The video from the drone is then disrupted as the Russian fighter jet collides with the MQ-9 Reaper, damaging the propeller and ultimately forcing the US to bring down the drone in the Black Sea. Moscow had made clear it would attempt to retrieve the wreckage of the drone, and two officials told CNN Wednesday that Russia had reached the MQ-9 crash site in the Black Sea.

The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in ...

The U.S. The top U.S. Other U.S. officials said the U.S. has not recovered the crashed drone, U.S. The Kremlin argues that by providing weapons to Ukraine and sharing intelligence information with Kyiv, the U.S. surveillance flights in the area. The MQ-9, which has a 66-foot (20-meter) wingspan, includes a ground control station and satellite equipment. of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine. Asked Thursday if Russia would try to recover the drone debris, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the decision was up to the military. Dumping the fuel appeared to be aimed at blinding its optical instruments and driving it out of the area. Air Force surveillance drone and clipping the drone's propeller in international airspace over the Black Sea.

The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes.

of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine. drone following the encounter with Russian fighter jets. The U.S.

US European Command issues video showing moment of impact; Polish president says handover to come within days.

A Russian soldier who confessed to killing a civilian in Ukraine last year has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison by a military court in Russia’s far east on charges of spreading “fake news” about the army. The move is widely seen as a way to deter other servicemen from speaking out. killed one person,” Frolkin told Istories in a phone conversation published by the outlet. Poland claims to have broken up a Russian espionage network operating in the country. Ukraine’s president wrote: “A year ago, Russia deliberately and brutally dropped a powerful bomb on the Drama Theatre in Mariupol. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has posted to Telegram to commemorate a year since the Mariupol theatre bombing. The Russian and US defence ministers and military chiefs held rare phone conversations on Wednesday to discuss the incident. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday that operating drone flights near Crimea was provocative and could lead to an escalation, the Russian defence ministry said. The report’s authors also noted a “small number” of apparent violations by Ukrainian forces, including one they said was under criminal investigation by Ukrainian authorities. US officials said the debris could be in such deep water that recovery is impossible, and would have no real intelligence value. The spreading fire caused explosions of containers with fuel and lubricants,” Golubev said. The vast majority of the report focused however on allegations against Russia.

Ukraine War in Data: After U.S.-Russia drone incident, a look inside the drone wars · First, for all the fears of a NATO-Russia collision — a fear Grid raised on ...

(Updated March 15; [source](https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine); [source](https://data.humdata.org/visualization/ukraine-humanitarian-operations/).) (Updated March 15; [source](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/2/as-many-as-13000-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-in-war-official), [source](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/world/europe/foreign-legion-volunteers.html).) Here’s what that means for Putin, Zelenskyy and the Republican Party.](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/03/15/ron-desantis-doesnt-think-supporting-ukraine-is-a-core-us-interest-heres-what-that-means-for-putin-zelenskyy-and-the-republican-party/)(March 15) [Why prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine may be awkward for the US](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/03/13/why-prosecuting-russian-war-crimes-in-ukraine-may-be-awkward-for-the-us/)(March 13) [Russia’s biggest celebrities are taking sides on the Ukraine war — and the Kremlin is crushing the dissenters](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/03/09/russias-biggest-celebrities-are-taking-sides-on-the-ukraine-war-and-the-kremlin-is-crushing-the-dissenters/)(March 9) [Why joining NATO and the EU are life or death issues for so many Ukrainians](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/03/07/why-joining-nato-and-the-eu-are-life-or-death-issues-for-so-many-ukrainians/)(March 7) [World in Photos: Inside the battle for Bakhmut](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/03/03/world-in-photos-inside-the-battle-for-bakhmut/)(March 3) (Updated March 15; [source](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-partial-mobilisation-will-see-300000-drafted-defence-minister-2022-09-21/).) [10,000 dead Russian soldiers](https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/09/bbc-and-mediazona-confirm-10-000-russian-soldiers-dead-in-ukraine) as of Dec. A significant number left immediately after the war began; another exodus followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s [call for a large-scale mobilization](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/09/27/how-putins-ukraine-war-mobilization-order-changed-everything-in-russia-panic-anger-and-calls-to-secede/) in September. [Bayraktar TB2](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/16/the-turkish-drone-that-changed-the-nature-of-warfare). [that as many as 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/2/as-many-as-13000-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-in-war-official) had been killed since the war began. [ordered the army to create](https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0NT1HFYghxMtYC1Pxa7HmGcGjw5BAXLpiSdTc1Z3FovuLgcc2uRnsn3V6gx19s35Pl)60 companies to scale domestic production of drones. As [Grid reported in January](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/01/05/the-ukraine-war-in-data-winning-the-drone-war/), Shaheds caused significant damage to infrastructure when they were first deployed in September, but the Ukrainians have gotten better at picking them out of the sky. [the Russian invasion](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/02/24/the-nightmare-is-here-how-bad-could-the-russia-ukraine-war-get/) — more than a year of war passed before such a collision came. [building an “Army of Drones](https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/united24/)” (one official asked for hundreds of thousands of what he called the war’s “super weapon”), and the latest [U.S.

A Russian warplane forced down a US drone over the Black Sea, the US says, another reminder of the potential escalation risks tied to the Ukraine war.

Crusher, with US Air Forces in Europe, confirmed to Vox that, ahead of the Russian collision, “no inbound calls to or outbound calls from the deconfliction line were made regarding this incident.” Still, US officials have insisted the unmanned aircraft was in international airspace and “well clear” of Ukraine. US officials are reportedly unclear if they can even recover the drone, given that it’s at the bottom of the sea somewhere, in potentially deep waters. Ryder emphasized that the vast majority of these intercepts are safe and professional; what’s different this time is that the Russian jet collided with the US drone and damaged it. Still, Austin called the encounter between the US and Russian aircraft “dangerous and reckless.” [including in Syria](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/world/middleeast/syria-russia-us-air-war.html), where US and Russian jets had midair near misses. Pat Ryder also said Tuesday that the US drone was flying over a “busy and international waterway” and this was not an unusual mission for the US, especially this past year. The US previously said it would continue to conduct missions in international airspace, and called on Russia to conduct itself safely. and Allied aircraft over international airspace, including over the Black Sea. [released a short video](https://www.eucom.mil/article/42318/media-advisory-camera-footage-release-from-us-air-force-mq-9-interaction-with-russian-su-2) of the encounter between the Russian Su-27 jet and the US drone. The aircraft collided with the drone, which damaged its propeller, forcing the US to bring down the drone. At the same time, the United States and its allies are providing Kyiv with economic and security aid that make it possible for Ukraine to fight the war, and potentially deter Russia’s advance and reclaim its territory.

The Pentagon releases video of Tuesday's drone intercept over the Black Sea, which shows a Russian military jet coming very close to a US military drone, ...

Poland will send Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming days, making it the first NATO member to fulfill Kyiv's increasingly urgent ...

'The Russians try to adapt in real time,' said a member of a drone unit call-signed 'Zara'. Poland is a crucial ally in the Ukraine crisis. It has also rocked the global economy, pushing up energy and food prices. The Dutch foreign affairs minister, Wopke Hoekstra, in January said it was looking into supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Experts say they also would not be the most effective jets for the battleground. They're in their last years of operation but are still for the most part in full working order,' Duda said. The aircraft also features large wing extensions which gives it good maneuverability and control at subsonic speeds. Britain was the first NATO country to announce it would send 14 next-generation battle tanks to Ukraine in the form of the Challenger 2 tanks. [READ MORE: Can Russia REALLY wipe out Britain with a '1,000ft-high tsunami'? It comes as Russia kept up a months-long drive to capture the small eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, in what would be its first substantial victory in more than half a year. President Andrzej Duda said Poland would send four of the fighter jets (file image) to Ukraine 'within the next fews' while up to 15 more will be sent in the coming weeks after being serviced Poland will send Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets (file image) to Ukraine in the coming days, the president said today, making it the first NATO member to fulfill Kyiv's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes in their fight against Russia

In October last year, a Russian news site published a short video of Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary army, sitting with ...

Some said they wanted to get back to the frontlines as soon as they were able to. If necessary, I myself will call and talk to the governors and so on, and we will find a solution.” Earlier the same month, Prigozhin said he had ended Wagner’s recruitment of prisoners, hinting in an interview that he was forced to do so by unnamed officials. Prigozhin has previously said that he is giving convicts who join Wagner a “second chance” at life, and an opportunity to redeem themselves. Prigozhin has referred to Bakhmut as a “meat grinder,” and said his men’s task there is to bleed the Ukrainian army dry. Ukrainian and Western officials have compared the battles around Bakhmut to the First World War, and accused Wagner of using convicts in human wave attacks. Yermakov said the recruits who realised the gravity of the situation and asked instructors to repeat drills were the best prepared for what was to come. “Those were the men who were genuinely ready to go to war,” he said. The fighters who spoke to Reuters said they received two to three weeks of intensive and well-organised training. One of the convict recruits told Reuters he travelled to a Wagner training camp in the Russian-controlled part of eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region. Some of the men were deployed to Ukraine’s eastern Bakhmut region, site of some of the most intense fighting of the one-year-old conflict, where one man described the “utter hell” of the battlefield. In their ranks are murderers, thieves and a self-declared “Satanist.” Several are in hospital recovering from wounds sustained in the fighting.

The Pentagon has released a video of what it says is a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a US Air Force surveillance drone before the warplane clipped the ...

Those concerns were overcome when the Pentagon explained the video showed the immediate aftermath and damage to the drone’s propeller, which only could have come from a collision, according to the second official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to disclose the details. The official, who requested anonymity to discuss the deliberations, said it took time to go through the declassification process and insisted the administration was not concerned it would further escalate tensions with Russia. The Polish word he used to describe the total number of warplanes can mean between 11 and 19. The administration has said it wants to highlight Russian malicious activity as well as plans for Russian misinformation operations so allies remain clear-eyed about Moscow’s intent. It is capable of carrying munitions, but Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, would not say whether the ditched drone had been armed. US officials have expressed confidence that nothing of military value would remain from the drone even if Russia managed to retrieve the wreckage. [Poland, meanwhile, says it is giving Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/russia-ukraine-war-poland-first-nato-member-to-give-fighter-jets-to-ukraine/GOIMUSE3GZBWXNNP22VUKHWLX4/), becoming the first NATO member to fulfill Kyiv’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes. The top U.S. The Russian Defence Ministry said in its report of the call with Austin that Shoigu accused the US of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine. “If they consider it necessary to do so in the Black Sea for the benefit of our interests and our security, they will do it,” he said. On a second approach, either the same jet or another Russian fighter that had been shadowing the MQ-9 struck the drone’s propeller, damaging a blade, according to the US military, which said it then ditched the unmanned aircraft in the sea. The Pentagon has released a video of what it says is a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a US Air Force surveillance drone before the warplane clipped the drone’s propeller in international airspace,

Russia's forced transfers of Ukrainian children in areas under its control amounts to a war crime, investigators say.

The commission’s report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Sometimes, the council’s investigations lead to prosecutions in international courts. “Human losses and the general disregard for the life of civilians … The 18-page report is based on more than 500 interviews, satellite images and visits to detention sites and graves. then there is no use responding to these reports.” But if they are biased, if they represent only one point of view, …

Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings and torture, a UN-mandated investigative body has said.

The Ukrainian presidency was not immediately available for comment. The report also found that Ukraine forces had committed a "small number of violations" including what appeared to be indiscriminate attacks and torture of prisoners of war. then there is no use responding to these reports". It said Russian forces carried out "indiscriminate and disproportionate" attacks on Ukraine and called for the perpetrators to be held accountable. The report said at least 13 waves of Russian attacks since October on Ukraine's energy-related infrastructure as well as its use of torture "may amount to crimes against humanity". The alleged crimes, including the deportation of children, were detailed in a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which said some acts may amount to crimes against humanity.

A U.N.-backed investigation has found that Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, ...

Most of the abuses highlighted by the investigation were already known, and the report is far from the first to accuse Russia of war crimes. However, the inquiry's findings come with the imprimatur of the international community: The experts work under a mandate overwhelmingly created last year by the Human Rights Council, which brings together the governments of 47 U.N. The investigation released Thursday was set up during an urgent debate shortly after Russia’s invasion last year. human rights office. You do have mothers and kids; how could you throw those bombs on us? I will never forgive them, never,” said Mariupol resident Nataliia Korchma at Thursday's commemoration.

GENEVA/ VIENNA (16 March 2023) – Russian authorities have committed a wide range of violations of international human rights law and international ...

Background: The United Nations Human Rights Council created the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to investigate violations and abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law, and related crimes that may have been committed in the context of the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. While looking into transfers of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation, the Commission found, with concern, that violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have been committed. For the report, the Commission visited 56 localities and interviewed 348 women and 247 men. Witnesses told the Commission that many of the younger children transferred were not able to establish contact with their families and might lose contact with them indefinitely. The Commission found numerous instances of rape and sexual and gender-based violence committed by Russian authorities as they undertook house-to-house visits in localities that came under their control and during unlawful confinement. This pattern of torture may amount to crimes against humanity, according to the Commission, and should be investigated further.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland said Thursday it plans to give Ukraine about a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfill ...

The hesitation continued even as [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made increasingly vocal pleas](/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-poland-moscow-2ef1e9c445cf82c20934cc4d1aedc2c1) for Western supporters to share their warplanes. Poland has provided Ukraine with crucial support during the war. of its decision to provide MiGs before Duda announced the move. Poland also was the first NATO nation to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks. Both Poland and Slovakia had indicated they were ready to hand over their planes, but only as part of a wider international coalition doing the same. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19.

UN report details wide-range of Russian war crimes; Poland sending MIG-29 planes to Ukraine.

[The report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-641317588f08b754715ced3e#block-641317588f08b754715ced3e)by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine was released a year to the day after the Russian bombing of a theatre in Ukraine’s south-eastern city of Mariupol which killed hundreds of people. Its head said the team was following the evidence and that [there were “some aspects which may raise questions”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-64131fb38f08b754715cedb4#block-64131fb38f08b754715cedb4)about possible genocide. White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday that President Duda’s announcement [“doesn’t change our calculus with respect to F-16s”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-64134f978f089504f3595db2#block-64134f978f089504f3595db2). Six people have been charged with preparing acts of sabotage and espionage, and charges are being prepared against the other three. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said he and senior Chinese diplomat Qin Gang had discussed the “significance of the principle of territorial integrity” during a phone call today. “If they deem it necessary to do that in the Black Sea for our interests and for our security, they will deal with that,” Kremlin spokesperson [wrote on Twitter.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-641326ea8f089504f3595b1c#block-641326ea8f089504f3595b1c) [Chinese foreign ministry statement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-641328dc8f086bbc8500e52d#block-641328dc8f086bbc8500e52d). [Dmitry Peskov said](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-6412fb4c8f08b754715ceb7f#block-6412fb4c8f08b754715ceb7f)on Thursday. The Polish president, Andrzej Duda, said Warsaw would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes in the coming days and that The US president has [“the rest are being prepared, serviced”.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-6413101d8f086bbc8500e3d7#block-6413101d8f086bbc8500e3d7) [His announcement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-we-are-no-longer-receiving-russian-gas-says-moldava-energy-minister-race-to-reach-us-drone-wreckage?page=with:block-64130b3e8f08b754715cec85#block-64130b3e8f08b754715cec85)will make Poland [the first country to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine,](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/16/ukraine-poland-fighter-jets-mig-29)marking a significant upward step in military backing for Kyiv

The US military has released newly declassified video of the Tuesday encounter between a US surveillance drone and a Russian fighter jet as it played out ...

We will replace them with deliveries of South Korean FA-50s and American F-35s,” the Polish president said. They are at the end of their operational life but are still functional,” Duda added. Warsaw has taken a lead among NATO allies in supplying Kyiv with heavy weapons, including the Soviet-designed fighters. “The Czech Republic and Poland are countries that are in the absolute vanguard when it comes to supporting Ukraine, both at humanitarian and military levels,” President Duda said. “When it comes to the MI-29 aircraft, which are still operating in the defense of Polish airspace, a decision has been taken at the highest levels, we can say confidently that we are sending MIGs to Ukraine,” Duda said. “We have a dozen or so MIGS that we got in the 90s handed down from the German Democratic Republic and they are functional and play a part in the defense of our airspace.