.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and also burning, started spreading on social media. That in itself was not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually shot down scores of helicopters since the Russian intrusion started. So much more unexpected was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a small drone. A video recording discharged by the country's militaries a handful of days eventually seemed to give credence to that claim: the video (observe listed below) presents a drone attacking one more Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 strike helicopter, supposedly compeling it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these lucky smash hits-- or even indicators of an advance in airborne warfare?