.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and burning, began distributing on social media sites. That by itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have shot down scores of helicopters considering that the Russian attack began. A lot more astonishing was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed by a small drone.
A video released by the country’s militaries a handful of times later seemed to offer support to that case: the video (find below) shows a drone attacking another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 attack helicopter, reportedly forcing it to make an emergency situation landing. Were these blessed smash hits– or indications of a breakthrough in aerial warfare?