.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed and burning, started distributing on social media. That by itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have actually shot down scores of helicopters considering that the Russian invasion started. So much more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a little drone. An online video launched by the nation's armies a handful of times later on seemed to be to lend credence to that case: the video footage (observe below) presents a drone attacking yet another Russian plane, this moment an Mi-28 attack helicopter, reportedly obliging it to create an urgent landing. Was actually these privileged hits-- or even indications of an advancement in aerial combat?