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Russian team members on a T-72 B3 battle tank salute during the finals of the tank biathlon at a military polygon, on August 27, 2022, in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia.
Russian team members on a T-72 B3 battle tank salute during the finals of the tank biathlon at a military polygon, on August 27, 2022, in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia.

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  • A new video shows a Ukrainian drone spotting a field full of inflatable Russian T-72 tanks. 
  • It's not the first time either side has employed decoys to confuse the enemy and waste weapons.
  • Ukraine previously saw deflated Russian rubber tanks in Zaporizhzhia and lured Russian missiles with wooden HIMARS last year.

A new aerial video from the war in Ukraine captured by a drone shows what appears to be inflatable decoys of Russian tanks on the battlefield.

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Military & Defense, Ukraine, Russia, Tank, t-72
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