.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed and burning, began spreading on social networking sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have actually obliterated credit ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian infiltration started. Much more shocking was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a little drone. A video launched due to the country's militaries a couple of days eventually seemed to be to provide credence to that case: the footage (see listed below) reveals a drone attacking an additional Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently requiring it to make an emergency landing. Was actually these fortunate hits-- or indications of a development in aerial war?