7
submitted 4 days 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.

top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I wouldn’t trust the US about this.

[-] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 2 points 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
7 points (81.8% liked)

World News

35 readers
635 users here now

!usa@ponder.cat

founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS