.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, crashed and burning, started flowing on social media. That in itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually rejected credit ratings of choppers given that the Russian intrusion started. So much more surprising was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video recording launched by the nation's militaries a few days later on appeared to provide credence to that insurance claim: the footage (see listed below) reveals a drone striking yet another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 strike chopper, supposedly forcing it to create an urgent touchdown. Was actually these privileged favorites-- or indicators of an innovation in aerial combat?