.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and also burning, started circulating on social media sites. That by itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have obliterated ratings of helicopters considering that the Russian attack started. Much more unusual was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed by a little drone. An online video launched due to the country's armies a couple of days later seemed to be to provide credence to that case: the footage (view listed below) reveals a drone hitting an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 assault helicopter, reportedly requiring it to make an emergency situation landing. Was actually these lucky smash hits-- or indicators of an advancement in aerial war?