.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and also burning, started flowing on social networks. That in itself was certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have shot down scores of choppers given that the Russian intrusion started. So much more unusual was the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been downed by a small drone. A video recording released by the country's militaries a couple of times later on appeared to give credence to that insurance claim: the footage (observe listed below) presents a drone hitting yet another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently requiring it to create an urgent touchdown. Was actually these privileged hits-- or even signs of a breakthrough in flying war?