.ON JULY 31ST photos of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, collapsed and also burning, began spreading on social networks. That in itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually rejected scores of helicopters considering that the Russian intrusion started. A lot more unexpected was the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been downed by a small drone.
An online video discharged due to the country’s militaries a couple of days later on appeared to lend credence to that case: the video (see below) shows a drone reaching another Russian aircraft, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, supposedly obliging it to create an urgent landing. Was actually these fortunate favorites– or indications of an innovation in airborne combat?