.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, crashed as well as burning, began distributing on social networking sites. That in itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian powers have actually rejected ratings of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian infiltration began. So much more astonishing was the claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had been downed through a small drone.
A video clip launched due to the nation’s armies a handful of days later seemed to be to provide credence to that case: the footage (observe listed below) shows a drone reaching one more Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 attack helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an emergency touchdown. Was actually these privileged favorites– or indicators of a development in flying war?