Slovakia Joins Poland in Sending MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine

A MIG-29 fighter jet, at the 11th SIAF International Aviation Day at the Malacky-Kuchyna Air Base, in Kuchyna, Slovakia, on Aug. 27, 2022. Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP

The Slovak government on Thursday announced that it would send its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the second NATO member to do so.

Slovakia joined Poland in this action. Warsaw announced on March 16 that it would send MiG-29s to Kyiv. Both NATO members and Eastern European countries are neighboring Ukraine.