Cover photo: Two Mig-29 fighter jets during a NATO exercise near the Lask military base in Poland, October 12, 2022. RADOSLAW JOZWIAK / AFP
- The first Soviet-designed Mig-29 fighter jets, which Poland has promised Ukraine, will be handed over to Ukraine in the next few dayssaid Polish President Andrzej Duda. Six more Mig-29s are due to be delivered soon.
- The US has again ruled out supplying fighter jets to Ukrainian forces, following the decision of the Polish government. “It doesn’t change our analysis. It’s not on the table,” said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
- The American MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed in the Black Sea on Tuesday March 14 after being hit by a Russian plane has been located off Sevastopolin Crimea, at a depth of about 900 meters, local news site ForPost reported Thursday, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.
- The Pentagon released images of its Reaper MQ-9 drone being intercepted by Russian Su-27 fighters. The images, released on the website of the Command of American Forces in Europe, last about forty seconds and show a Russian Sukhoi 27 passing just above the drone twice after approaching it from behind.
- Transferring Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held areas of Ukraine is a ‘war crime’believe the investigators of the UN Human Rights Council in their first report on this topic.
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