.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, collapsed and burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was not unusual: Ukrainian powers have obliterated scores of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian invasion started. So much more astonishing was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a little drone. An online video released by the country's militaries a few times later appeared to give credence to that claim: the video footage (find listed below) shows a drone attacking another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, supposedly pushing it to make an emergency situation landing. Were these fortunate hits-- or indications of an advancement in aerial warfare?