.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and burning, began flowing on social networks. That by itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have shot down scores of choppers considering that the Russian attack started. A lot more astonishing was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a small drone. A video recording launched due to the nation's armies a handful of days later seemed to be to offer support to that claim: the footage (find listed below) shows a drone attacking one more Russian plane, this moment an Mi-28 strike helicopter, reportedly pushing it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these fortunate favorites-- or even indications of a discovery in airborne war?