Poland will not be able to transfer its remaining MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine before 2026, according to the country's Defense Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. This transfer will only occur after Poland's Air Force is replenished with new aircraft. The first batch of the ordered F-35 jets from the U.S. is expected to be delivered starting in 2026.
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@noelreports "Dear neighbor, I cannot lend you the bucket to stop the fire of your house, because I might need it in case my house catches fire. Which might happen quite soon, considering your burning house is just next to mine. So that's why the bucket must wait" - makes complete sense even to a 5-year old, doesn't it?
@chebra @noelreports It's not just a fire. There's an arsonist who doesn't like that you're lending water to your neighbor. If Poland truly did not have enough (ready) jets to defend its rather big airspace, Russia would start sending a lot of stuff "on accident", trying to cause panic and political turmoil. Poland is a big country and should aim for around 160 fighter jets, but it only has 48 F-16 (around 26-30 of which are operationally ready at any given time), 14 MiG-29 and 18 old Su-22.
@elgregor Right, so instead of having one bucket sitting idle in your house, you want to have 5 buckets sitting idle in your house. How is that supposed to help stop the fire? russia would not send anything if russia was defeated by now. The only reason why it isn't defeated yet is because we aren't even trying. Who are we kidding?
@chebra "russia would not send anything if russia was defeated by now" Do you think after the war Russia will magically become a wonderland ruled by a unicorn? It will still try to harm all of its neighbors. And it won't stop making new weapons like Shahed drones. It already conducts attacks in NATO countries - it murders people and attacks infrastructure. Rough times are ahead and 🇷🇴🇨🇿🇸🇰🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮 need to be ready because western countries will refuse to go to war over a destroyed power plant.
@elgregor that sounds like russia cannot be defeated in any way. Which is obviously not true. You need to imagine the scenario where russia is defeated, and then find the steps to lead there. Currently we (EU) are not following them. EU Council populistically approved 7 Patriots for Ukraine in April and still nothing, our sanctions are a joke, and some of our members are openly supporting russia, what are we doing about it?
@chebra It can be defeated. But defeated doesn't mean it will disappear or stop being ruled by evil people.
I agree, democratic countries should be doing much more. Most importantly, countries that still don't allow striking Russian military targets with western weapons should immediately allow it. We should also send more military aid. I am donating, but it's a drop in an ocean of needs. Sanctions fortunately are doing something, but we should still increase them.
