Here’s what we are reading today:

#Ukraine confirmed that its #F16s were used for the very first time, helping defend the skies over the country on Monday.

It's a major milestone which shows how continuing #Ukrainian success requires the #West to continue to provide military aid.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/27/7472148/

F-16 fighter jets helped repel largest Russian strike on Ukraine

The F-16 fighter jets, provided by Ukraine’s Western partners, have been used to repel the largest Russian combined aerial attack on Ukraine on 26 August, and destroy the Russians missiles and drones.

^{Ukrainska Pravda}

"...#Putin propaganda here, and he’s been clinging to it since the beginning of the war: that he had to go into #Ukraine, #NATO is surrounding him, and that NATO support and #USA support for Ukraine just proves it’s the #West versus #Russia; it’s NATO versus Russia; it’s the US versus Russia. And it’s all a bunch of horse-hockey. There’s nothing to it. This is Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, pure and simple..."

yup

anyone who differs is a troll or an idiot

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3894632-white-house-on-kursk-developments-putin-can-get-the-hell-out-of-ukraine-and-call-it-a-day.html

White House on Kursk developments: Putin can “get the hell out of Ukraine and call it a day”

The White House has recommended that Russian leader Vladimir Putin withdraw his troops from Ukraine if he is concerned about the situation developing in Kursk region as Ukraine pursues its incursion. — Ukrinform.

^Ukrinform