The anwer to your question as to why they release this info on a devastating drone attack and then go with the chest thumping about how they repelled almost all of it is this.
The neoCONs know it is hard to convince people to spend money on a losing cause and they need to justify why you gullible US taxpayer fools should keep ponying up cash and weapons. LOL
Isn’t it fun to merge all the reality of this earth into the word neocon? There is no Russia or Ukraine there are only neocons.