.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and also burning, began spreading on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually shot down credit ratings of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian attack started. Much more surprising was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been actually downed by a tiny drone. A video discharged due to the country's armies a couple of days later seemed to be to provide support to that insurance claim: the video footage (find listed below) shows a drone hitting another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently forcing it to make an unexpected emergency landing. Was actually these lucky hits-- or even signs of a development in aerial warfare?