.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed as well as burning, began flowing on social media. That in itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian pressures have shot down ratings of helicopters given that the Russian invasion began. A lot more shocking was the case in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed by a small drone.
A video recording launched by the nation’s armed forces a couple of days later appeared to offer credence to that case: the video footage (see listed below) reveals a drone striking one more Russian aircraft, this moment an Mi-28 assault chopper, reportedly requiring it to create an emergency situation landing. Were these blessed favorites– or even indicators of a discovery in airborne warfare?