.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and burning, started circulating on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have rejected credit ratings of choppers given that the Russian attack started. A lot more shocking was actually the claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been downed through a small drone. An online video released due to the country's armed forces a handful of days later seemed to provide support to that claim: the video (see listed below) presents a drone reaching one more Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently forcing it to create an emergency situation landing. Was actually these lucky hits-- or indicators of an advancement in flying combat?