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The fight in between drones and choppers in Ukraine

.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, collapsed and also burning, started flowing on social media sites. That by itself was not uncommon: Ukrainian forces have obliterated ratings of choppers because the Russian invasion started. Far more shocking was actually the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had actually been downed by a tiny drone. A video recording released by the nation's militaries a few days eventually appeared to give support to that case: the video (view below) shows a drone attacking an additional Russian aircraft, this time around an Mi-28 assault chopper, apparently pushing it to create an emergency landing. Was actually these lucky hits-- or signs of a development in flying warfare?