.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, crashed and also burning, began spreading on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have obliterated credit ratings of helicopters given that the Russian infiltration began. So much more surprising was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a tiny drone. A video clip discharged by the nation's militaries a couple of days later on seemed to offer credence to that claim: the video footage (observe below) presents a drone hitting one more Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently requiring it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Were these fortunate favorites-- or even indicators of a breakthrough in airborne warfare?