.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, crashed and burning, started spreading on social media sites. That in itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian powers have actually rejected credit ratings of helicopters since the Russian infiltration started. Far more surprising was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been downed by a tiny drone.
A video recording released due to the nation’s armed forces a handful of times later on appeared to provide support to that case: the footage (see listed below) shows a drone reaching another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an urgent landing. Were these lucky smash hits– or even signs of a breakthrough in aerial combat?