.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, crashed as well as burning, started circulating on social media. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have obliterated ratings of helicopters considering that the Russian attack started. A lot more astonishing was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been downed by a little drone. A video clip discharged by the country's militaries a handful of times eventually seemed to be to provide credence to that case: the video footage (view listed below) presents a drone hitting an additional Russian plane, this moment an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly obliging it to create an urgent landing. Was actually these blessed favorites-- or even indications of a development in aerial warfare?