.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and burning, began flowing on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually shot down scores of helicopters because the Russian intrusion started. A lot more astonishing was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had been actually downed through a small drone. An online video discharged by the nation's armies a few times later on appeared to give support to that claim: the video (see below) presents a drone hitting another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these blessed favorites-- or even indicators of an advancement in flying war?