.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and burning, began flowing on social media sites. That in itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have rejected ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian infiltration began. A lot more astonishing was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed through a tiny drone. A video clip discharged by the country's armed forces a handful of days later appeared to give support to that insurance claim: the video footage (view listed below) shows a drone attacking another Russian plane, this moment an Mi-28 attack chopper, supposedly obliging it to make an emergency landing. Was actually these fortunate favorites-- or even indicators of an advancement in aerial combat?