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Poland to be first NATO member to send fighter jets to Ukraine

A Polish Air Force MiG-29 aircraft fires flares during a performance at the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom August 24, 2013. © Kacper Pempel, Reuters

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first such shipment by a NATO member. Ukraine has repeatedly asked its Western allies to send warplanes – although seeking primarily modern US-made F-16s – but so far no Western countries had committed to give jets to Kyiv. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

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