.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and also burning, started spreading on social networks. That by itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have shot down credit ratings of helicopters since the Russian intrusion started. A lot more shocking was the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been downed through a small drone.
A video clip launched by the nation’s militaries a handful of times later seemed to be to lend support to that case: the video footage (view below) reveals a drone striking another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 attack helicopter, supposedly forcing it to create an emergency touchdown. Were these fortunate favorites– or even indications of a development in airborne warfare?