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FILE PHOTO: MiG-29 and F-35 (R) aircrafts are parked on a tarmac during a NATO media event at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, March 21, 2023. REUTERS\/Lukasz Glowala<\/p>\n

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has approved Poland’s request to export five old MiG-29 fighter jets to bolster Ukraine’s air power against the Russian invasion, the German defence ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Poland’s defence ministry did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said the request had arrived Thursday, and that Berlin’s same-day approval showed that Germany could be relied upon.<\/p>\n

Germany inherited 24 MiG-29 jets from the East German GDR during reunification in 1990. At the time, the aircraft were seen as among the most advanced fighter jets in the world.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Berlin passed on 22 of the aircraft to Poland. Of the remaining two jets, one was destroyed in a crash and one is on show at a museum.<\/p>\n

Poland needs Berlin’s consent to send its remaining jets to a third country.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a visit to Warsaw last week that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Ukraine, which hopes to launch a counteroffensive in the coming weeks or months, wants to secure fighter jets to defend against air strikes.<\/p>\n

Western countries have so far been reluctant to send advanced fighter jets such as F-16’s to Kyiv, but some countries have stepped in to send old MiG-29 jets that Ukraine already uses.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Sabine Siebold, Matthias Williams, Andrey Sychev and Anna Woldarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Matthias Williams, Mike Harrison and Raissa Kasolowsky<\/p>\n

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