.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed and burning, began circulating on social media. That by itself was actually certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian pressures have actually rejected credit ratings of choppers since the Russian attack started. So much more unexpected was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been actually downed by a small drone.
A video clip launched by the nation’s armed forces a handful of times later on seemed to be to lend credence to that insurance claim: the footage (view listed below) reveals a drone reaching another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 attack chopper, apparently compeling it to create an emergency landing. Were these fortunate smash hits– or even indicators of a development in aerial warfare?