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More than 40 GOP senators urge Biden to aid ‘transfer of aircraft’ to Ukraine

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Updated March 10, 2022 at 10:29 p.m. EST|Published March 10, 2022 at 8:50 p.m. EST
An MiG-29 jet performs during the Radom Air Show in Poland on Aug. 23, 2015. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

More than 40 Republican U.S. senators on Thursday called for President Biden to aid “the transfer of aircraft and air defense systems” to Ukraine after officials quashed Poland’s offer to send fighter jets with American help.

The senators said in a letter that they “strongly disagree” with the Biden administration’s stance on Poland’s proposal, and that the Ukrainian military is in “dire need of more lethal aid” as it fights Russia’s invasion. They urged the president to work with NATO allies on providing those resources — uniting behind a step that U.S. officials worry could pull the Western alliance into war.