.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and burning, started circulating on social media sites. That in itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have shot down ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian infiltration started. A lot more unusual was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been downed through a small drone.
A video recording launched due to the nation’s armies a couple of times later on seemed to be to lend credence to that claim: the video footage (see listed below) presents a drone attacking another Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently requiring it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these blessed smash hits– or indicators of a discovery in flying war?