Thread by @M_Baranowski

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 🧵
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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.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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