.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and burning, began flowing on social networking sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually rejected scores of choppers given that the Russian intrusion started. Much more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a small drone. A video clip discharged due to the country's armed forces a few times later on seemed to offer support to that claim: the video footage (view below) presents a drone striking another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, reportedly forcing it to make an urgent landing. Was actually these blessed smash hits-- or signs of a development in airborne warfare?