.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged as well as burning, started flowing on social media sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down credit ratings of choppers considering that the Russian attack began. A lot more surprising was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a little drone. A video clip discharged by the nation's armed forces a couple of days later seemed to be to give support to that insurance claim: the video footage (view below) reveals a drone striking one more Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 strike chopper, supposedly obliging it to create an emergency landing. Were these fortunate favorites-- or indicators of a development in airborne warfare?