.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed and also burning, began flowing on social networks. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down credit ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian intrusion began. Much more astonishing was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone. A video recording launched due to the country's armies a handful of times later on appeared to offer support to that claim: the video (find below) shows a drone striking an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently compeling it to create an urgent touchdown. Were these lucky hits-- or even indications of a development in aerial combat?