.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and also burning, started flowing on social networks. That by itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have rejected scores of choppers considering that the Russian invasion started. Much more unexpected was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a small drone. An online video launched due to the nation's militaries a handful of days eventually appeared to lend support to that insurance claim: the footage (find below) presents a drone hitting another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently requiring it to create an unexpected emergency landing. Was actually these blessed favorites-- or even indications of an advance in airborne combat?