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		</div><p>Germany has approved Poland’s request to transfer five Soviet-designed fighter jets to Ukraine, the German Defence Ministry has said.</p>
<p>The permission was needed because Germany used to own the Soviet-designed MiG 29 planes, which were part of communist East Germany’s military fleet.</p>
<p>“I welcome the fact that we in the federal government have reached this decision together,” Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement. “This shows you can rely on Germany!”</p>
<p>Poland was an early advocate of sending fighter jets to Ukraine. When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Warsaw a week ago, Polish President Andrzej Duda said his country already had provided four MiG-29 jets to Ukraine, with four more in the process of getting handed over and another six being prepared.</p>
<p>Mr Zelensky has lobbied Western supporters for months to provide fighter jets, anti-aircraft defence systems and other equipment and ammunition, while Ukrainian officials have spoken of preparations for an expected spring counteroffensive against Russian forces.</p>
<p>During a visit to Mali earlier on Thursday, Mr Pistorius confirmed German media reports saying that Germany had received Poland’s request and would reply by the end of the day.</p>
<p>Germany itself has not supplied Ukraine with jets, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has not signalled any plans to do so.</p>
<p>Although Germany has become continental Europe’s biggest supplier of arms to Ukraine, the German government and Mr Scholz have faced periodic criticism, especially ahead of a decision in January to supply battle tanks, over perceived reluctance to step up aid.</p>
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