.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and burning, began spreading on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected credit ratings of helicopters given that the Russian infiltration started. A lot more shocking was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been downed by a small drone. A video clip released by the country's armed forces a handful of times later on seemed to be to provide credence to that claim: the footage (observe listed below) reveals a drone attacking an additional Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 attack helicopter, supposedly obliging it to make an emergency situation landing. Was actually these fortunate favorites-- or even indications of an advance in flying warfare?