Russian military duped by realistic models, says Ukrainian Air Force commander
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Models depicting Ukrainian fighter jets and a surface-to-air missile battery duped Russia's military, said Commander Mykola Oleshchuk.
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KYIV - The Ukrainian Air Force commander said on July 6 his forces had duped Russian troops into deploying missiles against sophisticated models put in place to look like military targets.
Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the models depicted fighter aircraft and a surface-to-air missile battery.
They were put in place at an airfield near the central city of Kryvyi Rih and a district of the Black Sea port of Odesa.
A video attached to the post, described as footage from a Russian reconnaissance drone, showed what Commander Oleshchuk said were Russian Iskander missiles attacking the depictions.
“Air force personnel conducted passive defence measures!” Lieutenant-General Oleshchuk wrote.
“Thank you to everyone who helped with the top-quality mock-ups of aircraft and SAM (surface-to-air missile) systems. The enemy now has fewer Iskander missiles and more mock-ups will be delivered.”
Lt-Gen Oleshchuk said he went public with the deception “as an exception, to show the public that not everything is straightforward”. REUTERS
