Poland will transfer two MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. This will be part of another aid package worth approximately €50 million.
This information was confirmed in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita” by Dariusz Łukowski, Director of the Defence Strategy and Planning Department at Poland’s Ministry of National Defence.
According to him, the transfer will take place soon. “Soon. The decision has been made, and two MiG-29s will be delivered,” Łukowski said.
He explained that one of the aircraft has already reached the end of its service life, meaning it is no longer airworthy, but its parts can be used. The other aircraft is still flying.
In addition to the fighter jets, Warsaw will provide Kyiv with ammunition. This includes, among other things, a batch of 155 mm and 152 mm artillery rounds; 20×102 mm ammunition for the six-barrel cannons on F-16 fighters (used, among other tasks, to shoot down Russian drones); as well as missiles for short-range air defence systems “Piorun”, produced by the company “Mesko” from Skarżysko.
The country’s defence ministry confirmed to Rzeczpospolita that another aid package for Ukraine is being prepared. It includes equipment being withdrawn from service in the Polish Armed Forces. At the same time, the government declined to provide specific details about the package’s contents, citing confidentiality.
The outlet had previously reported that Poland would provide Ukraine with additional PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence missile systems. This initiative is part of international assistance coordinated by the US administration in cooperation with NATO. It involves the transfer of a further five interceptor missiles.
- In July 2026, it became known that Poland had abandoned plans to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, which were supposed to be part of an exchange deal for Ukrainian drone technologies. Instead, the aircraft will be gradually withdrawn from service as their service life is exhausted.
- Poland’s Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, said earlier that Ukraine had initially agreed to the proposal; however, later “did not fulfil the agreement”. The Polish minister linked this, among other things, to political and historical disputes between the countries.
- In 2022 and 2023, Poland sent fourteen MiG-29s to Ukraine, which were in varying condition.
- This July, Kosiniak-Kamysz reported that Poland’s assistance to Ukraine at that time amounted to approximately 16.45 billion zloty.