.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and also burning, began spreading on social media. That in itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have rejected scores of helicopters considering that the Russian intrusion started. A lot more shocking was the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a small drone. An online video discharged due to the country's armies a couple of days later on seemed to be to provide credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) shows a drone attacking an additional Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an unexpected emergency touchdown. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or even indications of a breakthrough in airborne warfare?