.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, collapsed and burning, started spreading on social networks. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected credit ratings of helicopters considering that the Russian infiltration began. A lot more unusual was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been downed through a small drone. A video clip released by the nation's armed forces a few days later on appeared to give credence to that claim: the footage (see below) presents a drone attacking an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 attack helicopter, supposedly compeling it to create an emergency landing. Were these blessed smash hits-- or even signs of an advancement in airborne war?