.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and also burning, began flowing on social media sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have obliterated ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian attack began. So much more surprising was the claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a tiny drone. An online video released due to the country's armed forces a few days eventually seemed to be to give support to that case: the footage (see below) shows a drone striking one more Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently pushing it to create an urgent landing. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or even indications of a breakthrough in airborne war?