As Business Insider has learned, Ukrainian soldiers have begun actively building fake trenches on the battlefield from tree branches to fool Russian invaders who are hunting them. This makes it possible to save the lives of Ukrainian UAV operators.
Points of attention
- Drone operators strategically place fake bunkers in forest belts to confuse Russian forces, making it challenging to distinguish between real and fake positions.
- The use of deception tactics, such as building fake bunkers, demonstrates the innovative and adaptive approach of Ukrainian soldiers in the face of conflict.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine outsmarted the Russian army again
As drone operator Dimka Zhluktenko admitted to journalists, it has long been a familiar ritual for Ukrainian soldiers to "make several false positions."
In most cases, they are built in a forest belt, designed in such a way that the Russians cannot distinguish a fake bunker from a real one.
To do this, they often leave traces of human life, garbage, or something else.
As the drone operator notes, when the Russian army begins to attack the fake bunker, it is a significant warning to Ukrainian soldiers.
"This will be a signal for you to get out of there as soon as possible," he emphasized.
According to Zhluktenko, fake bunkers are something that Ukrainian operators will try to do all the time when there are enough people to do it.
Another drone pilot noted that the distance an operator can stay as far away from the fighting depends on the terrain, but in most cases they should be within a kilometer of the front line.
