.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and also burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have obliterated scores of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian infiltration began. A lot more shocking was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been downed by a small drone. A video recording launched by the nation's armed forces a handful of times later on appeared to give credence to that claim: the video footage (find listed below) presents a drone hitting an additional Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 strike helicopter, supposedly compeling it to make an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these blessed hits-- or even signs of a discovery in airborne war?