.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged as well as burning, started distributing on social media. That in itself was actually not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected scores of choppers given that the Russian attack began. Far more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone. A video clip launched by the country's armed forces a few days later appeared to provide support to that claim: the video (see listed below) shows a drone hitting another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 strike helicopter, reportedly forcing it to create an emergency situation landing. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or even indications of a breakthrough in airborne warfare?