.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, collapsed as well as burning, began spreading on social media sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have obliterated credit ratings of choppers because the Russian infiltration started. A lot more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a little drone. A video clip released due to the nation's armed forces a couple of times eventually appeared to give credence to that case: the footage (observe below) shows a drone striking one more Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly forcing it to make an emergency landing. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or indicators of a discovery in airborne combat?