.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, collapsed and burning, began circulating on social networking sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have shot down scores of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian attack started. So much more astonishing was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a small drone. A video released by the country's armed forces a few days later on seemed to be to lend credence to that case: the video footage (see listed below) reveals a drone reaching another Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently pushing it to make an urgent touchdown. Were these lucky hits-- or even indications of a breakthrough in flying warfare?