"The self-made "Potemkin army" is helping Kiev protect dwindling resources at its disposal as leaders plead for more Western aid," writes Britain's The Telegraph.
Ukraine creates fake weapons from improvised materials to give Russia fake targets on the front. According to The Telegraph, demand for such front-line weapons has increased sharply recently as Ukrainian troops face increased Russian strikes and reduced supplies.
Ukrainian volunteers are building life-size models of rocket launchers and artillery weapons from scrap metal and drainpipes to trick Russia into expending munitions on fake targets.
Only one of the groups in the last year has built more than 200 models of anti-tank guided missile launchers "Stugna" and two D-20 howitzer artillery guns, which are located at the front. The construction of the first simulated rocket launcher took two months, and its price is about 3000-4000 hryvnias (150-200 BGN). But since then the "production process" has been accelerated to a few days, and the price has been reduced to 1000 hryvnias (50 BGN).
An "order" to develop more complex models, in particular the model of the Patriot missile complex. Its production will cost about 10,000 dollars (18,339 BGN). The Ukrainians also created fake Starlink systems, which the Russians also attacked. The fake terminals were placed next to the real ones to confuse Russian intelligence.
At the same time, soldiers from the armed forces of Ukraine have indicated that fake weapons are unlikely to be a solution to the problem of delays in Western aid.
"The main idea of these models is to tire the enemy and see his position. We need real weapons because we can only win the war with real weapons."
To deceive the enemy! Ukraine builds weapons out of drain pipes to mislead Russian artillery
Ukrainian volunteers build life-size models of rocket launchers and artillery weapons from scrap metal and drain pipes to trick Russia into expending munitions on fake targets
Mar 30, 2024 15:33 168
