.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed and also burning, began circulating on social media. That in itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have actually obliterated scores of choppers considering that the Russian infiltration began. Far more shocking was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a little drone. A video recording discharged by the nation's armies a few days eventually seemed to be to provide support to that claim: the footage (view listed below) shows a drone attacking an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently requiring it to make an emergency landing. Was actually these lucky smash hits-- or signs of an advancement in airborne warfare?