.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and also burning, began flowing on social networking sites. That in itself was actually certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have actually rejected ratings of choppers given that the Russian intrusion started. A lot more surprising was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been downed by a little drone. A video recording launched by the nation's armies a few times eventually seemed to be to offer support to that claim: the video (observe listed below) shows a drone attacking yet another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, reportedly compeling it to make an unexpected emergency landing. Were these fortunate smash hits-- or even signs of an advancement in airborne combat?