.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed and also burning, started spreading on social networking sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have actually shot down scores of helicopters since the Russian attack began. A lot more unusual was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had been actually downed by a small drone.
An online video released due to the country’s armies a few times later seemed to be to lend credence to that insurance claim: the video (find below) shows a drone striking yet another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 assault chopper, reportedly requiring it to create an emergency situation landing. Was actually these privileged hits– or indicators of an advancement in flying warfare?