.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, collapsed and also burning, began circulating on social networking sites. That by itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have shot down ratings of choppers considering that the Russian invasion began. A lot more astonishing was actually the claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone. A video released due to the nation's militaries a few days later seemed to be to offer support to that case: the footage (see listed below) reveals a drone striking another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 strike chopper, supposedly requiring it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these fortunate favorites-- or indicators of a breakthrough in airborne warfare?