.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed as well as burning, started distributing on social media sites. That in itself was certainly not unique: Ukrainian pressures have actually obliterated scores of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian invasion started. Much more unexpected was actually the insurance claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed by a little drone.
A video released due to the nation’s militaries a few times eventually seemed to be to give credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) presents a drone striking one more Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, supposedly obliging it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Were these privileged hits– or even indicators of a breakthrough in airborne war?