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submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The United States assesses that Ukraine's drone attack over the weekend hit as many as 20 Russian warplanes, destroying around 10 of them, two U.S. officials told Reuters, a figure that is about half the number estimated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Still, the U.S. officials described the attack as highly significant, with one of them cautioning that it could drive Moscow to a far more severe negotiating position in the U.S.-brokered talks to end more than three years of war.

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[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I wouldn’t trust the US about this.

[-] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 2 points 1 week ago

@cm0002 they also now have the identities of every russian aviation engineer
hmm wonder what they will do with that

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Even if they do nothing for several months, I doubt that any Tupolev employees are sleeping soundly now.

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