.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have actually shot down credit ratings of helicopters given that the Russian attack started. Far more astonishing was the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a little drone. A video recording discharged due to the country's armies a handful of times later on seemed to be to offer support to that insurance claim: the video (find below) reveals a drone reaching an additional Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, reportedly compeling it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or signs of an advance in flying warfare?