.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and burning, began distributing on social media sites. That by itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down scores of choppers given that the Russian attack started. So much more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video recording launched by the country's armies a few times later on seemed to be to provide credence to that insurance claim: the video (find below) presents a drone hitting an additional Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently requiring it to create an urgent touchdown. Was actually these privileged hits-- or even indicators of an advancement in flying combat?