.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed as well as burning, started distributing on social networks. That by itself was not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected ratings of helicopters considering that the Russian invasion began. A lot more shocking was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a small drone. An online video discharged due to the nation's militaries a handful of days later on appeared to offer credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (find below) shows a drone reaching yet another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently requiring it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these blessed hits-- or even indicators of a discovery in airborne combat?