.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and also burning, began distributing on social networks. That in itself was actually certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have obliterated ratings of helicopters considering that the Russian attack began. Much more shocking was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a tiny drone. An online video discharged due to the nation's militaries a handful of times later on seemed to be to provide credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (view below) shows a drone reaching another Russian aircraft, this moment an Mi-28 strike chopper, reportedly requiring it to create an emergency situation landing. Were these privileged smash hits-- or indicators of a discovery in aerial war?