.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and also burning, began spreading on social networks. That by itself was actually not unique: Ukrainian powers have shot down credit ratings of helicopters given that the Russian invasion started. A lot more unexpected was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had been actually downed through a tiny drone. An online video discharged due to the country's armed forces a couple of times later seemed to be to offer credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (see listed below) reveals a drone attacking an additional Russian aircraft, this moment an Mi-28 assault helicopter, supposedly requiring it to create an emergency landing. Were these blessed hits-- or even indicators of a breakthrough in flying war?