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Poland Halts MiG-29 Transfer After Ukraine Withholds Drone Tech

6/30/2026

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Poland will not transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine after Kyiv declined to share drone production technology.
Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the MiG-29-for-drone exchange failed because Ukraine did not provide the agreed drone expertise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Polish President Karol Nawrocki of using the dispute to stir anti-Ukrainian sentiment before the October 2027 parliamentary election, likening his tactics to those of Viktor Orbán.

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Poland will not transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine after Kyiv declined to share drone production technology.
Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the MiG-29-for-drone exchange failed because Ukraine did not provide the agreed drone expertise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Polish President Karol Nawrocki of using the dispute to stir anti-Ukrainian sentiment before the October 2027 parliamentary election, likening his tactics to those of Viktor Orbán.