.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed and also burning, began distributing on social networks. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have obliterated scores of helicopters considering that the Russian infiltration began. Far more astonishing was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed through a tiny drone. A video released due to the nation's militaries a few days eventually seemed to be to lend credence to that insurance claim: the footage (observe below) shows a drone attacking one more Russian aircraft, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, reportedly forcing it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Were these lucky favorites-- or indicators of a development in airborne warfare?