.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, collapsed and burning, began spreading on social networks. That in itself was actually not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have actually rejected ratings of helicopters because the Russian invasion started. So much more unusual was actually the case in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed by a small drone. An online video released by the country's armies a few days eventually seemed to be to offer credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) presents a drone hitting one more Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 strike chopper, supposedly requiring it to make an emergency landing. Were these fortunate smash hits-- or even signs of an advance in airborne combat?