So far the anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles that have been supplied have irritated Russia, but not led to any direct retaliation against any country involved. Western countries have been supplying increasingly sophisticated arms to Ukraine so it can fight off the Russian advance. Is Poland at risk from Russian retaliation? Poland had been expecting the US to supply it with more advanced F-16s to fill the gap. The Pentagon has said the deal is “not tenable”, though one senior state department official said they would see how to respond to the proposal. Poland said on Tuesday evening that it was willing to hand over its fleet of 28 MiG 29s to the US – which was in turn expected to pass them on to the Ukrainian air force. Some eastern European countries still have MiGs in their fleets, which a week ago the EU said it hoped could be given to Ukraine. That means they need to be Russian-made planes, principally the MiG-29 fighter. However, any new planes need to be ones that Ukraine’s pilots are trained to use.
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