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Reuters
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Slovakia hands over all 13 promised MiG fighter jets to Ukraine

A Slovak MiG-29 jet takes off at Silac Air Base in Slovakia, in this still image taken from a handout video released on March 23, 2023. Slovak Ministry Of Defence/Handout via REUTERS

Slovakia has handed over all 13 MiG-29 fighter jets it had pledged to Ukraine, the Slovak Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Slovakia joined Poland in promising the planes in March to aid Ukraine as it battles Russia's invasion, and had delivered the first four planes last month.

(Reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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