.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed and also burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have rejected scores of choppers given that the Russian intrusion began. A lot more surprising was the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had been downed by a little drone. A video launched by the nation's militaries a handful of times later seemed to provide support to that insurance claim: the footage (view listed below) shows a drone attacking one more Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 assault helicopter, reportedly pushing it to make an emergency touchdown. Were these lucky smash hits-- or signs of an advance in flying war?