Sign of support for Ukraine and the NATO alliance as VP Harris meets with US allies

Poland's president acknowledges that providing Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine could be complicated.
WARSAW, Poland — Vice President Kamala Harris’ mission to reassure Poland amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting early diplomatic speed bumps after a very public communication breakdown between Poland and the U.S. over efforts to send Soviet-era fighter jets to Kyiv.

The U.S. has sought to project lockstep unity with its 29 NATO allies ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin opened his assault on Ukraine last month, insisting that any aggression from Moscow that spills beyond Ukraine's borders will be met with unanimous resolve.

But NATO and Harris now face a major test after Poland caught the Biden administration off-guard with a proposal — immediately rejected by Washington — to make the U.S. the middleman in supplying Ukraine with Polish-owned MiG planes.