.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, collapsed as well as burning, started distributing on social networking sites. That in itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually rejected credit ratings of choppers given that the Russian invasion started. Far more astonishing was the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a little drone. A video clip discharged by the nation's militaries a handful of times later on appeared to provide support to that insurance claim: the video (view below) reveals a drone striking yet another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently obliging it to make an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these blessed favorites-- or even signs of an advance in flying war?