.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, crashed as well as burning, began circulating on social networks. That in itself was actually not unique: Ukrainian powers have shot down scores of choppers given that the Russian invasion started. Much more astonishing was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a little drone. A video released due to the nation's armies a few days later seemed to be to offer support to that claim: the video (find listed below) presents a drone attacking an additional Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 attack chopper, reportedly obliging it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these fortunate smash hits-- or indicators of an advancement in airborne war?