.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, collapsed and also burning, began flowing on social media. That in itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down ratings of choppers because the Russian attack began. A lot more unexpected was the case in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a little drone. An online video released by the nation's armies a few times later seemed to be to give support to that claim: the video (find below) presents a drone reaching another Russian plane, this moment an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently obliging it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these privileged hits-- or indicators of an innovation in airborne combat?