.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, collapsed and also burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected ratings of choppers given that the Russian attack started. Much more shocking was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a little drone. A video recording discharged by the country's armed forces a couple of times eventually seemed to lend support to that case: the footage (see below) shows a drone striking another Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 strike chopper, apparently obliging it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Were these lucky smash hits-- or even signs of a breakthrough in aerial warfare?