Ukraine says Russia's putting inflatable tanks on the battlefield — but the decoys deflated

• Ukraine accused Russia of staging inflatable tanks near Zaporizhzhia in a Thursday Facebook post.
• But the Russian decoys unintentionally deflated, according to Ukrainian officials. 
• Russia has employed deceptive warfare for decades, but its recent efforts apparently fizzled. 

Ukrainian military forces accused the Russian army of deploying inflatable tanks in the south of Ukraine in an effort to deceive the opposing side, saying the country's "rubber" decoys had deflated in an anticlimactic display.