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    Senators question why the White House opposed the Polish plane transfer to Ukraine

    by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times Mar 10, 2022 3 minutes
    Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines listens to a question while testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

    WASHINGTON — Senators pressed intelligence officials Thursday about why the Biden administration will not to facilitate the transfer of Soviet-era planes to Ukraine as it fends off an invasion from Russia.

    On Tuesday, Poland announced it was ready to transfer 28 MiG-29 fighter planes to the U.S. with the understanding that they would be handed over to Ukrainian pilots. Though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy openly pleaded for the planes, White House and Pentagon officials quickly dismissed the offer as possibly being seen by Russia as an escalation

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