.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, collapsed and also burning, began spreading on social media. That by itself was not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually obliterated ratings of choppers given that the Russian intrusion started. A lot more shocking was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been downed by a small drone. A video clip launched by the nation's armies a few times eventually seemed to be to provide credence to that insurance claim: the video (see below) reveals a drone hitting one more Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 strike chopper, apparently pushing it to create an unexpected emergency landing. Was actually these privileged hits-- or indications of a discovery in aerial combat?