.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, crashed as well as burning, started circulating on social networking sites. That by itself was not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected scores of choppers because the Russian attack began. Far more shocking was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a small drone. A video released by the nation's armies a few days eventually seemed to be to provide credence to that claim: the footage (see listed below) presents a drone hitting an additional Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently requiring it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Were these blessed favorites-- or signs of a breakthrough in airborne combat?