.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and burning, started circulating on social networks. That by itself was certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have actually rejected scores of helicopters given that the Russian attack started. Far more unusual was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been actually downed by a tiny drone.
An online video launched due to the country’s armed forces a few days later seemed to give credence to that insurance claim: the footage (find listed below) shows a drone striking yet another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently obliging it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these lucky hits– or even signs of an innovation in airborne warfare?