.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, collapsed and burning, began circulating on social media sites. That by itself was not unusual: Ukrainian forces have shot down scores of choppers considering that the Russian attack started. Much more unusual was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video discharged due to the nation's armies a handful of days eventually seemed to offer credence to that case: the footage (see listed below) reveals a drone reaching another Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 strike chopper, supposedly requiring it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these blessed favorites-- or indicators of a breakthrough in airborne combat?