🇵🇱🇺🇦Why Poland’s MiG‑29s Still Aren’t Going to UkrainePolish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak‑Kamysz has quietly killed the idea of sending the last Polish MiG‑29s to Ukraine, despite months of talk about a “jets‑for‑drones” swap. Warsaw’s public line is about unmet promises on Ukrainian drone technology, but in the background sits one hard fact: MiGs on Ukrainian runways are now Geran targets before they are combat assets.Polish commentators openly recall recent Russian Geran‑4 raids that destroyed MiG‑29s, fuel trucks and ground equipment straight on the tarmac. For Warsaw, that is a preview of what would happen to any extra jets it donates. The fear is simple: you hand over fighters, and a few weeks later the only image the public sees is charred wrecks on a runway hit by cheap loitering munitions.The original idea looked neat on paper. Poland would offload ageing Soviet fighters and get access to Ukrainian experience in using drones and counter‑UAV tools. But when those same drones on the Russian side — Gerans — reliably reach Ukrainian airfields, the trade stops making sense: technology in, metal out.In the end, shelving the MiG‑29 transfer lets Kosiniak‑Kamysz show “prudence” at home. Poland keeps a dwindling fleet a bit longer, avoids another scandal over burned‑up donations, and quietly sends a signal to Kyiv: as long as Gerans can hunt aircraft on your runways, Warsaw will think twice before tying its reputation to those images.🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

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