.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged as well as burning, started distributing on social media sites. That in itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have obliterated credit ratings of helicopters because the Russian intrusion began. Much more shocking was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been downed by a small drone. An online video discharged due to the nation's militaries a handful of times eventually appeared to provide credence to that case: the video footage (see listed below) shows a drone reaching another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 strike chopper, apparently pushing it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Were these fortunate hits-- or signs of an advancement in flying combat?