.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed as well as burning, started circulating on social networking sites. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down credit ratings of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian attack started. Far more unexpected was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone. A video discharged by the nation's militaries a few times later seemed to give support to that case: the video (find listed below) shows a drone striking one more Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 attack chopper, reportedly obliging it to create an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these blessed hits-- or indicators of an innovation in flying war?