.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged as well as burning, began circulating on social networks. That in itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have actually obliterated scores of choppers because the Russian invasion started. So much more unusual was the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been downed by a small drone. An online video launched due to the country's armies a few days eventually seemed to be to offer credence to that insurance claim: the video (find below) presents a drone reaching yet another Russian aircraft, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, reportedly requiring it to make an unexpected emergency touchdown. Was actually these lucky hits-- or even indicators of an advancement in flying warfare?