US Does Not Object To MiG-29 Transfer

Jack Detsch of Foreign Policy has reported that the US will no long object to the transfer of Soviet era MiG-29 fighter planes from NATO states to Ukraine.

• Detsch: 'US "does not object" to the provision of fixed-wing fighters to Ukraine, such as Soviet-era MiG-29 jets after Slovakia floated a transfer: senior U.S. defense official.'
• The US nixed a Polish deal to transfer MiGs to Ukraine via the American Rammstein military base in Germany in March as a dangerous escalation of NATO's role in the conflict.
• It is likely that the US would be expected to backfill the Slovakian planes with comparable American planes in return. Last week Bratislava transferred a S-300 missile system to Kyiv and was compensated with a US Patriot missile defence system.
• Samuel Ramani: 'This is a major contrast from U.S. opposition to Poland's MiG transfer. By moving S-300s to Ukraine, Slovakia has bucked domestic polarizations to moving sophisticated arms with Ukraine, and might take this green-light seriously.'