Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on Monday said his government would not hand over fighter aircraft promised to Ukraine because Kyiv is refusing to share its advanced drone technologies with Warsaw and other allies.Kosniak-Kamysz, leader of Poland’s conservative Polish People’s Party (PSL), announced the effective cancellation of up to 14 aging MiG-29 fighter airframes from the Polish Air Force, in an evening broadcast of the news program Gość Wydarzeń, for Polsatnews.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Responding to an interviewer’s question about Polish-Ukrainian military cooperation, Kosniak-Kamyz said his government, in talks with Ukraine, had suggested tying the aircrafts’ transfer to Ukrainian deliveries of drones to Poland, and to the transfer of Ukrainian drone technologies to Poland’s military and industry.“I proposed, I think, a very partnership-based approach. MiGs for drones,” Kosniak-Kamyz said. “The Ukrainians initially accepted this and didn’t implement it, so there are no MiGs for Ukraine because there are no drones or drone capabilities for Poland.”Since Russia’s 2022 second invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been one of Kyiv’s most committed and energetic backers, having sent the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), to date, about $5 billion worth of military equipment, including hundreds of tanks, helicopters, and artillery systems. In spring 2023, as part of that assistance, Poland turned over to Ukraine 14 unused Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters, whose communications and electronics had been partially upgraded to NATO standards.