.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, plunged and also burning, started spreading on social media. That by itself was actually certainly not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have obliterated scores of helicopters given that the Russian invasion started. Far more unusual was the claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been actually downed by a tiny drone.
A video recording launched due to the nation’s armies a couple of times later seemed to be to lend credence to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) presents a drone hitting yet another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 attack helicopter, supposedly requiring it to make an emergency touchdown. Was actually these lucky hits– or indicators of a discovery in airborne warfare?