.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed and also burning, began spreading on social networking sites. That by itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected scores of choppers because the Russian intrusion started. Far more shocking was the claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a little drone. An online video released by the nation's armed forces a handful of days eventually appeared to provide credence to that insurance claim: the footage (view listed below) presents a drone attacking another Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly requiring it to make an unexpected emergency landing. Were these fortunate favorites-- or even indicators of an advancement in flying combat?