DW: Germany approves Polish request to send Ukraine 5 MiG jets
Germany has given its permission for formerly East German MiG fighter jets to be sent on to Ukraine. The swift approval comes just hours after Berlin said that it had received the application.
Poland's formal request to Germany for permission to send five Cold War-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine has been given the green light, the German Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
According to German rules, the weapons that it sells require approval from Berlin if the receiving country wants to send them on to a third country.
"I welcome the fact that we in the federal government have reached this decision together," Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said after the decision was made in Berlin. "This shows Germany can be relied on!"
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WNU Editor: It was only a few months ago that German Chancellor Scholz was adamant in saying that "there will be no fighter jet deliveries to Ukraine."
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