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according to the ukrainian newspaper kyiv independent, ukrainian president zelensky confirmed at a press conference on tuesday (27th) that the ukrainian army used f-16 fighter jets to resist the large-scale attack launched by russia on ukraine the day before (26th), and shot down some missiles and drones. agence france-presse also reported the relevant news, saying "zelensky said ukraine used f-16 fighter jets to fight against russian air strikes."

according to the kyiv independent, zelensky told reporters that the f-16 fighter jets had achieved "very good results." "we shot down some missiles and drones with the help of the f-16 fighter jets," he said.

"we thank our partners for providing us with f-16 fighters. of course, this is not enough, we don't have too many of these aircraft, and we still need to train pilots," zelensky said.

according to xinhua news agency, on august 26, russia and ukraine launched large-scale air strikes against each other, causing water and power outages in ukraine and damaging infrastructure in many parts of russia. according to the russian newspaper "moscow komsomolets" on the 27th, the media published an article titled "black monday is just the beginning" on the same day, saying that after russia launched the largest air strike on ukraine since the special military operation on the 26th, russia continued to launch large-scale strikes on key facilities in ukraine in the early morning of the 27th. this is russia's response to ukraine's adventurous action to attack kursk. the report said that there will be more strikes in the future.

according to xinhua news agency, zelensky has been urging western countries to provide ukraine with f-16 fighter jets. western countries promised to deliver 79 f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. the first batch of 10 f-16 fighter jets arrived in ukraine on july 31. on august 4, zelensky confirmed that ukraine had received the f-16 fighter jets delivered by western countries, saying that ukraine's combat power would be strengthened as a result. regarding western countries providing f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, russian president's press secretary peskov said that western countries delivering f-16 fighter jets to ukraine would not have a significant impact on the war because these fighter jets would be shot down and destroyed.