The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Wladyslaw Kosyniak-Kamysz, said that Ukraine has returned to the dialogue on the transfer of MiG-29 fighters. This is reported by Babel, PAP writes. The PromPolitInform portal reports.
According to the Minister of National Defense of Poland, negotiations are currently underway on the transfer of fighters in exchange for Ukrainian technological experience in the field of drones.
At the end of June, Kosyniak-Kamysz said that he offered Ukraine “MiGs in exchange for drones.” However, then Kyiv refused to share the technologies, so Warsaw decided not to transfer the fighters.
After that, in early July, Poland announced that it would write off the fighters that were planned to be transferred to Ukraine. Then they explained that the fighters were reaching the end of their service life (the Polish Air Force has been using them since 1989), and further modernization of the aircraft was not planned.
What preceded it
In December 2025, Poland began talking about transferring MiGs to Ukraine. Zelensky then noted that Ukraine needed MiG-29 aircraft, because Ukrainian pilots already had experience flying them and “the issue is not a shortage of aircraft, but a shortage of pilots.” The Polish General Staff noted that these aircraft would be decommissioned and replaced with F-16 and FA-50 fighters. Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said on December 14 that this was about 6-8 aircraft out of the 14 available in Poland.
In February 2026, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a new, 48th aid package for Ukraine. MiG-29 fighters were included in it.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Pawel Zalewski stated on June 17 that Ukraine is not interested in receiving MiG-29s from the country. He said that Kyiv wants to receive aircraft that are adapted to modern combat conditions, and Warsaw is not ready for such expenses.
