.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged as well as burning, started distributing on social networks. That by itself was not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have shot down credit ratings of choppers since the Russian attack began. Much more surprising was the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had been downed by a small drone. A video recording launched by the country's militaries a handful of times later seemed to provide credence to that claim: the video footage (view listed below) reveals a drone reaching an additional Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently obliging it to create an emergency landing. Were these privileged smash hits-- or indicators of a discovery in aerial warfare?