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Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in London

US dismisses Polish plan to provide fighter jets to be sent to Ukraine

People walk next to an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Monday
People assess the damage to an apartment building hit by Russian shelling in Mariupol, southern Ukraine, on Monday. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

The Pentagon has dismissed Poland’s plan to hand the US its MiG-29 fighter jets to boost Ukraine’s fight against Russia, as Moscow officials said they were ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday morning for people fleeing Kyiv and four other cities.

Washington appeared surprised by the announcement by Polish foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, who said on Tuesday that his government was “ready to deploy – immediately and free of charge – all their MiG-29 jets to the Ramstein airbase and place them at the disposal of the government of the United States of America.”

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