Poland offered to send its MiG-29 fighter jets to an American base in Germany for NATO to decide what to do with them, as it grapples with public pressure from Ukraine to send in planes to help combat Russia’s air superiority. The government in Kyiv has repeatedly called for more fighter jets for its pilots, putting Poland in a tricky spot as it seeks to avoid being pulled into a potentially broader conflict with Russia. The government in Warsaw has now opted to push the issue over to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization more broadly to handle. So far the military alliance has been highly cautious about adding fighters to the weaponry that’s being sent in to support Ukraine’s military. Russia has already warned that doing so would be seen as an act of direct aggression by NATO members. “It is about providing some transparency,” Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski said Wednesday on local radio. “It is not that Poland wants to make any decisions on its own that may affect NATO security. Likewise, other NATO members should not independently make decisions that may disproportionately affect Poland’s security.” Poland has also said it would only be willing to send its fighters to the Ramstein air base in Germany if it were to receive replacements from the U.S., and that is a process that requires multiple steps in Washington for compliance and can in theory take years. Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday ruled out any suggestion of sending MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine via Germany. “We have to very carefully consider what we send to Ukraine and quite certainly fighter jets are not part of that,” Scholz told reporters in Berlin during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. NATO nations -- including Poland, Germany and the U.S. -- have repeatedly committed themselves to the bloc’s vow to consider an attack on one ally as an attack on all. But Ukraine isn’t part of NATO, which is why nations haven’t been willing to commit forces following Russia’s invasion. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake