Poland’s formal request to Germany for permission to send five Cold War-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine has been given the green light, the German Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
According to German rules, the weapons that it sells require approval from Berlin if the receiving country wants to send them on to a third country.
“I welcome the fact that we in the federal government have reached this decision together,” Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said after the decision was…