[media: some MIG-29 fighters handed over to Kiev have been dismantled into spare parts] according to a report by the Economist, many MIG-29 fighter jets recently handed over by Poland and Slovakia to Ukraine are in a "flightless state" and are being dismantled into parts. Yuri Ignat, adviser to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, pointed out that Ukraine needs FMEC 16 fighters. However, according to the magazine, some experienced Ukrainian military pilots are privately skeptical of the authorities' attempts to acquire the fighters.