Ukraine shows off Western firepower at Vasylkiv Air Base

In a ceremony that included Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Vasylkiv Air Base on August 6, the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF) displayed all of its main types of combat aircraft armed with Western-donated weapons. Within the past year, NATO has been working with the UkrAF to add some long-range bite to its frontline jets and the ceremony was organised to highlight this. The ceremony saw MiG-29 Fulcrum and Su-27 Flanker fighters, a Su-24 Fencer fighter-bomber and a Su-25 Frogfoot ground