MOSCOW: Warsaw may secretly deliver several of its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the spring of 2022, a local paper has claimed, citing sources, despite the Polish government officially denying any such deal.

According to Dziennik Gazeta Prowna (DGP), the planes were reportedly delivered using a "combined" method, which appears to mean that they were declared as spare parts and delivered in a different condition.

Citing Polish government sources, the DGP said on Wednesday that the fuselage and wings were also spare parts.

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Back in March, during the early stages of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, Washington rejected plans to transfer Polish MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine, claiming the action was "too provocative" and would result in Russia There could be direct conflict with

However, the Pentagon claimed in April that unnamed US allies had donated unspecified "spare parts" that were allegedly used to repair several of Kyiv's damaged aircraft, thereby supporting Ukraine's fighter fleet. went.

According to the DGP's most recent article, that ally could be Poland, which in late April gave Ukraine $7 billion in military aid, including half its tanks, dozens of howitzers, missiles for the Grad MRLS and MiGs . -29 and Su-27 fighter jets, among other munitions.

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While Germany, Poland and Finland plan to send dozens of their Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv, the US appears to have let go of some of its earlier concerns about providing heavy weapons to Ukraine. Instead, it now plans to deliver several M1 Abrams tanks to Kyiv.

Despite claims to the contrary by European and American politicians, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov interpreted these planned deliveries as evidence that the West is becoming more directly involved in the conflict.

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Russia has repeatedly urged the West to refrain from "pump-priming" Ukraine with weapons, claiming that doing so would only prolong the conflict and result in more deaths.