.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and also burning, started distributing on social networks. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have shot down scores of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian attack began. So much more astonishing was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone. An online video discharged due to the nation's militaries a few days eventually appeared to lend credence to that claim: the video (see listed below) reveals a drone striking another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 assault helicopter, supposedly forcing it to create an urgent touchdown. Was actually these fortunate hits-- or signs of a breakthrough in aerial war?