The eastern NATO member state will send all 13 of its MiG-29 jets – grounded since last August and in various states of readiness – at an unspecified date.
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China’s Xi to meet Putin as Beijing seeks bolder global role
Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid sharpening East-West tensions over the conflict in Ukraine.
Poland plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets.
Pentagon video shows Russian jet dumping fuel on U.S. drone
The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes.
U.S., Russia ratchet up rhetoric, even as military chiefs talk, over downed drone
That the 2 nations are talking underscored the seriousness of the encounter over the Black Sea between Russian jets and a U.S. surveillance drone.
U.S. says Russian fighter jet hits American drone over Black Sea
The U.S. European Command said that 2 Russian fighter jets ‘conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept’ of a U.S. drone that was operating within international airspace.
Russia ready to accept 60-day extension of wartime grain deal
On the front lines in Ukraine, the eastern city of Bakhmut remained the site of fierce fighting, with Ukrainian forces denying Russian forces the prize of its capture after six months of attrition.
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says
The U.K. Defense Ministry said Sunday that the impact of the heavy casualties Russia is continuing to suffer in Ukraine varies dramatically across the country.
U.K.: Russian advance in Bakhmut could come with heavy losses
Ukraine’s ground forces on Saturday signaled their intention to hold out in the city illegally annexed by Putin last year.
Ukrainian firefighters on risky mission to save lives, homes
Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces are attacking Kostiantinivka with cluster bombs and missiles.