21-06-2024, 10:10 PM
(20-12-2022, 04:39 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Slovakia likely to hand over MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine in the near future
Rastislav Kacher, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, said this in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, European Pravda writes.
“We have not yet handed the MiG-29, but we are ready to do so. We are talking with our NATO partners about how to do it.”.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/slovakia-likel...%20variant.
The new govt under leadership Robert Fico made a sharp policy turn & it took power in Oct 2023.
Halted any military supplies to Ukraine, although only allowed commercial supplies to continue,
Previous Slovak govt last yr donated a dozen MiG-29 jets, Slovakia said most not working plus donating air defence system exposed new Slovak airspace & endangered citizens, state secretary at the Defence Ministry, a member of ruling Smer-SD party. "I am convinced that Nad betrayed Slovakia," "The new defence ministry is filing a criminal complaint for suspicion of committing crime of sabotage, or treason, abuse of power failing fiduciary duties." Nad rejected any wrongdoing said he would make the same decision again.