"Will help save life": Slovakia can pass the Armed Forces of 10 of 11 of its fighters - the media

Country Minister Yaroslav Nady said that the 11th MiG-29 aircraft was reserved for the Slovak Museum. It is noted that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the Prime Minister of Slovakia Edward Heger at the European Union Summit in Brussels in Brussels with a request for the transfer of Soviet fighters. If Bratislava satisfies the request of the Ukrainian leader, it will become the first country of NATO to hand over the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.

Slovakia signed a contract for the purchase of 14 US F-16 Block 70/72 fighters, and the Soviet aircraft preserved in the summer. "We will never use Miga again. They have no real value for us. If we give them to Ukraine, they will help save their lives," Yaroslav Nag said. According to the Slovak Minister of Defense, Ukraine's capacity to confront the Russian military aggression is completely in line with the national and state interests of his country.

"And from this point of view, I really cannot imagine that someone wisely think that he does not want to help Ukraine, saving human lives and strengthening our defense capability," Nadi said. It is reported that the final decision on this will be made within a few days or weeks. As part of the refusal of the weapons of Soviet production, Bratislava could also transfer the Armed Forces of the ZRK-300, helicopters, thousands of missiles for the Grad Systems and dozens of armored vehicles.

Instead, the Slovak army will receive American Patriot systems, German Leopard and Flagr. It should be reminded that on December 8, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Rastislav Kacher reported that his country would consider the restoration of ammunition production for the needs of the Ukrainian army. It is a 152mm ammunition and a 120mm mine. In addition, Kacher announced the allocation of a help package to Ukraine.