.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and also burning, began distributing on social media. That by itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have shot down scores of helicopters considering that the Russian invasion started. A lot more surprising was actually the claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been actually downed through a tiny drone. An online video discharged by the nation's militaries a handful of days later appeared to provide support to that case: the footage (see listed below) reveals a drone striking one more Russian aircraft, this time around an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently pushing it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these privileged hits-- or even signs of a discovery in aerial combat?