Explainer-Fighter jets to Ukraine a step too far for NATO wary of war with Russia


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: A Polish Air Force MIG-29 fighter participates during a NATO air policing mission patrols over the Baltics from Zokniai air base near Siauliai February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Washington rejected Warsaw's proposal to transfer Polish MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine through a U.S. military base in Germany as the West seeks for ways to help Kyiv fight Russian invasion but fears being sucked into a war with nuclear-armed Moscow.

Here are NATO allies' considerations on providing fighter jets to Ukraine, which was attacked from the air, sea and land on Feb. 24.

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