Reuters, April 6, 2019 - The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pledged Poland's assistance in assembling a group of Western nations to send jets to Kyiv as his troops fought to protect Bakhmut in the east against constant Russian attacks.
Zelenskyy claimed Poland was crucial in persuading Western allies to send combat tanks to Ukraine during a visit to Warsaw on Wednesday (5 April), and he felt Poland could fulfill the same function in a "planes coalition."
The Polish government announced it would deploy 10 additional MiG fighter jets in addition to the four already offered, but the United States and Ukraine's other main military sponsors have not yet agreed to provide the additional aircraft.
"For me, the most important thing is not to lose our soldiers," Zelenskyy said, apparently referring to a withdrawal. "Of course, if there is a moment of even hotter events and the danger we could lose our personnel because of encirclement - of course, the corresponding correct decisions will be taken by generals there."
One of the fiercest battles of Russia's invasion, which is now in its fourteenth month, was fought for Bakhmut, one of the remaining urban areas in eastern Donetsk Province that has not yet fallen to Russia.
Before a projected counteroffensive against Russian forces in the upcoming weeks or months, Ukrainian military commanders have emphasized the need of keeping Bakhmut and other cities and inflicting damage on them.
"Bakhmut is completing the crucial duty of causing as
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