.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed as well as burning, started flowing on social media sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have shot down scores of choppers due to the fact that the Russian invasion began. Much more unusual was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a small drone. A video clip discharged due to the country's militaries a few times later on appeared to lend support to that claim: the video (observe below) reveals a drone hitting an additional Russian aircraft, this moment an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently forcing it to create an emergency landing. Was actually these lucky favorites-- or even indications of a breakthrough in aerial combat?