.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, collapsed as well as burning, started circulating on social media. That by itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have rejected credit ratings of choppers due to the fact that the Russian infiltration started. A lot more surprising was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had actually been actually downed through a small drone.
An online video discharged due to the country’s armed forces a couple of times later seemed to be to offer credence to that case: the video footage (find listed below) reveals a drone striking another Russian airplane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly obliging it to create an emergency situation landing. Was actually these blessed smash hits– or signs of a development in airborne war?