.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed as well as burning, started circulating on social media sites. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have obliterated scores of choppers considering that the Russian intrusion began. Much more astonishing was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed by a small drone. An online video released due to the nation's militaries a couple of times later on seemed to be to provide support to that claim: the footage (observe below) reveals a drone reaching one more Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an urgent landing. Were these blessed favorites-- or signs of an advancement in flying war?