.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and burning, started flowing on social networking sites. That by itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have actually obliterated credit ratings of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian invasion started. A lot more surprising was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been actually downed by a little drone. A video clip launched due to the nation's armed forces a couple of days eventually appeared to provide support to that insurance claim: the video footage (find below) shows a drone striking one more Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 assault helicopter, reportedly obliging it to make an unexpected emergency landing. Were these blessed favorites-- or indicators of an advancement in aerial warfare?