.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, collapsed and also burning, started spreading on social networking sites. That by itself was not unique: Ukrainian forces have rejected credit ratings of choppers given that the Russian infiltration started. So much more surprising was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a small drone. An online video released due to the country's militaries a couple of days eventually appeared to offer support to that claim: the video footage (see listed below) shows a drone hitting an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently compeling it to create an emergency situation landing. Was actually these lucky favorites-- or even signs of an innovation in aerial combat?