Andrzej Duda: modern weapons are key for Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

 According to CNN, the Polish president said if Ukraine needs fighter jets, we should provide them. But, he added, we still have MiG-29s, and Ukrainian pilots are trained on them and able to operate them immediately. But the big question is when Ukrainian pilots will be ready to fly modern NATO aircraft, such as F-16s, the French Mirage, Eurofighters, or other modern aircraft. This is because training a pilot is much more complicated and takes much longer than the training for modern tanks. Poland’s Leopard tanks are ready to be sent to Ukraine, Duda said, adding that Ukrainian soldiers are currently being trained in Poland to operate those tanks. However, the Polish leader said Poland has serious difficulties getting spare tank parts from Germany.