.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed and also burning, started flowing on social media. That in itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have rejected scores of helicopters because the Russian invasion began. A lot more shocking was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had been downed through a little drone. An online video released by the nation's armed forces a few times eventually seemed to lend credence to that claim: the video footage (see listed below) shows a drone reaching one more Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly obliging it to create an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these fortunate favorites-- or indicators of an advancement in flying war?