.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged as well as burning, started spreading on social networks. That in itself was not unique: Ukrainian forces have rejected credit ratings of choppers because the Russian attack started. Much more unexpected was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been actually downed through a small drone. An online video released by the nation's militaries a handful of days eventually seemed to be to lend credence to that claim: the video footage (view below) shows a drone attacking another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 attack chopper, supposedly pushing it to make an emergency landing. Was actually these lucky favorites-- or indicators of a breakthrough in flying combat?