.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and burning, began flowing on social media sites. That in itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually shot down scores of helicopters considering that the Russian intrusion began. A lot more shocking was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a little drone. A video discharged by the nation's militaries a handful of days later on seemed to be to lend credence to that claim: the footage (observe below) presents a drone hitting another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently compeling it to make an emergency situation landing. Was actually these fortunate hits-- or even indications of a development in aerial combat?