.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed and also burning, began distributing on social networking sites. That by itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually obliterated ratings of choppers since the Russian invasion started. A lot more surprising was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a small drone. A video clip launched by the nation's armed forces a few times eventually seemed to provide support to that claim: the video (view below) reveals a drone hitting another Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 assault helicopter, supposedly pushing it to create an urgent touchdown. Were these lucky smash hits-- or even signs of a development in airborne war?