.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and burning, started spreading on social networking sites. That by itself was not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually shot down scores of choppers given that the Russian intrusion began. So much more shocking was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video clip released due to the country's armed forces a handful of times eventually seemed to be to give support to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) reveals a drone hitting one more Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, reportedly obliging it to create an urgent touchdown. Was actually these privileged smash hits-- or signs of an advancement in airborne war?