.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed and burning, started circulating on social networking sites. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have shot down credit ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian infiltration began. A lot more astonishing was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video recording discharged due to the country's armed forces a couple of times eventually appeared to give credence to that insurance claim: the video (find listed below) reveals a drone reaching another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 strike chopper, apparently requiring it to create an emergency landing. Were these privileged smash hits-- or even signs of a breakthrough in aerial combat?