Poland could give Ukraine MiG jets in swap for drone tech

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December 10, 2025 3:44 AM EST

FILE PHOTO: MiG-29 aircrafts fly during a NATO media event at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lukasz Glowala/File Photo

WARSAW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - ⁠Poland is ⁠in ‍talks to transfer MiG-29 jets to Ukraine in exchange for access to ‍Ukrainian drone technology, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz ​said on public radio on Wednesday.

"In some time, MiG-29 ​aircraft will no longer serve in the Polish Air Force due to their depleted service life," the defence minister ​said.

"We are negotiating with the Ukrainian side about transferring the MiG-29s, but we are ​also discussing transferring technologies to Poland, such as drones. This solidarity ‌must be two-way."

The General Staff of the Polish Army said the potential transfer ​was linked to the ⁠lack of prospects for further modernisation of the ageing, Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighters.

"It ‌will be an element of the allied policy of supporting Ukraine and maintaining the security of NATO's ‌eastern flank," it said in a statement published on ‌Tuesday evening, noting that the final decision had not yet been made.

Tasks currently performed by the withdrawn MiGs ‍would be taken over by F-16 and FA-50 aircraft.

The army added that, ⁠in connection with the transfer, talks were underway with Ukraine regarding the provision of selected drone and missile technologies to Poland.

(Reporting by Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Alex Richardson)


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