US Not Considering Fighter Jets for Ukraine After Poland, Slovakia Pledge More Than a Dozen MiGs

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard during NATO exercise Saber Strike flies over Amari military air base, Estonia, on June 12, 2018. Ints Kalnins/Reuters

The United States is not considering sending fighter jets to Ukraine despite fellow NATO members Poland and Slovakia pledging to send MiG-29s to the Eastern European country amid Russia’s invasion, said the State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel on March 21.

During the State Department press briefing, in response to a question from The Epoch Times of whether Poland and Slovakia’s moves would change the U.S. position on whether to send fighter jets to Ukraine, Patel said no.