In the early days of the war, Ukraine appealed to Moldova with a request to transfer MiG-29 on its balance sheet. Reports about it “European True”.
According to the publication, in the first days of the war, the leadership of Ukraine appealed to the Government of Moldova with a request to sell or convey to Ukraine the fighting aircraft of the Moldovan Air Force. The balance of the Ministry of Defense of Moldova is six MiG-29 fighters based on the air base in the village of Marculeshta, in the northern part of the country. According to official data, they are all in working condition, but the aircraft have not long been rising into the air. Chisinau has tried to sell them for a long time, but unsuccessfully.
However, the sources of publications argue that Kyiv in response to his request received a categorical refusal to lead the Moldovan government with an explanation “We do not want to annoy Russia.” In Moldova, they considered that the Russian Federation would consider this violation of the principle of neutrality.