Soviet premiere nikita kruushev canceled an east-west summit meeting after U-2 spy plane was shot down over russiaWhat country was using the plane to gather intelligence about the soviet union?

Answer 1

The United States was using the U-2 spy plane to gather intelligence about the Soviet Union. The incident occurred on May 1, 1960, when the plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, leading to heightened tensions and the cancellation of the planned East-West summit meeting between Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.