It’s a good idea to provide Ukraine 🇺🇦 with #MiG-29 fighters - they will limit Russia 🇷🇺 bombing innocent civilians. The decision should not be made in #Warsaw alone - the responsibility lies with #NATO as a whole. What would it take to get Ukraine those #MIGs? Short 🧵 (1/8)

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Author: Michał Baranowski @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:23.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230861626208257 Likes: 3,277 | Retweets: 498

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It’s a good idea to provide Ukraine 🇺🇦 with #MiG-29 fighters - they will limit Russia 🇷🇺 bombing innocent civilians.

The decision should not be made in #Warsaw alone - the responsibility lies with #NATO as a whole.

What would it take to get Ukraine those #MIGs? Short 🧵 (1/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:24.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230864612532229

Supplying Ukraine with #Mig29 will likely be seen by Russia as a significant step up in military help for Ukraine. Russia threatened unspecified retaliation. No one NATO country should be put under pressure to do it alone. It shouldn't be matter for only bilateral 🇵🇱🇺🇸 conv.

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:24.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230867200425985

In order to do it well, we need to do it together - as #NATO. All Allies should be heard, and all Allies should stand behind this decision. (3/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:25.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230869104979971

U.S. in principle green-lighted the F16 that would back filled the aircrafts sent by other Allies to Ukraine. That's good, but we should see concrete steps on this in the U.S. Congress. (4/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:25.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230871718014977

The MIG-29 aircrafts would need to be stripped of NATO-grade encrypted communication equipment. It will also have to be properly painted to serve in Ukrainian air-force. (5/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:26.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230873697419265

In order to avoid immediate escalation with Russia, these fighter jets should not be flown from a NATO member airport. There is a need for creative transportation. (6/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:26.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230875479994372

Lastly, Poland and other NATO front line states, need a quick air-and-missile defense support from other Allies. The war is closer, and we certainly don't need a "lost" missile here. (7/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T16:18:27.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501230878428598274

Over time, as SecGen @jensstoltenberg said, the NATO force structure needs to adapt to "deterrence by defense" We have a lot of work ahead of us to get there. (8/8)

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1. Thread Post Author: @M\Baranowski Posted: 2022-03-08T20:25:53.000Z URL: https://x\.com/M\Baranowski/status/1501293146038325250

(9/8) That was quick 👍 - but now the ball is in the U.S. gov court 👉

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1. @jc\nothias Author: Jean-Chr. NOTHIAS Posted: 2022-03-08T21:23:39.000Z URL: https://x\.com/jc\nothias/status/1501307684057927688

Not sure to understand your point. If Poland as a country is attacked by Russia in retaliation for selling arms to Ukraine, then NATO enters into play. That’s the whole concept of NATO. So there is no need for earning permission to co-share responsibility. 1/3

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