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Drone video shows inflatable Russian tanks on the battlefield, highlighting the role decoys & deception play in war

Intelligence accounts & bloggers identified mock Russian T-72s near the front in Zaporizhzhia

Newsroom September 27 12:21

A newly surfaced aerial video from the war in Ukraine, captured by a drone, appeared to show inflatable decoys of Russian tanks on the battlefield.

Both sides have found plenty of ways to employ inflatable decoys, wooden knockoffs, and deceptive lookalikes throughout the war, often as a cunning trick to draw enemy fire, forcing them to waste ammunition and potentially give away their position.

On Monday, a video apparently filmed by a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle surfaced online showing what open-source intelligence accounts and bloggers identified as mock Russian T-72s near the front in Zaporizhzhia.

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Insider could not independently verify the details of the video, including when and where it was shot. In the video, the drone appears to spot three fake tanks positioned in the area, some covered in vines and shrubbery — possibly for camouflage, though Russia sometimes doesn’t do that very well for its manned assets.

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