.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and burning, began flowing on social networking sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have shot down scores of choppers because the Russian infiltration began. Much more shocking was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed through a tiny drone. A video discharged by the nation's armed forces a couple of days later on seemed to be to provide support to that insurance claim: the video footage (see below) presents a drone hitting yet another Russian airplane, this time around an Mi-28 strike helicopter, apparently requiring it to make an emergency touchdown. Was actually these fortunate hits-- or signs of an advance in airborne war?