.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, collapsed as well as burning, began distributing on social networks. That by itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have obliterated ratings of choppers because the Russian invasion began. Much more astonishing was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had been actually downed through a small drone.
A video released by the nation’s militaries a handful of days eventually seemed to provide support to that insurance claim: the footage (observe listed below) shows a drone striking another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an urgent landing. Were these privileged hits– or signs of a breakthrough in airborne combat?