Deceptions: London unveils paintings at Russian air bases. In Crimea, the British Ministry of Defense caught a helicopter landing on a painted fighter jet.
London sees this as an indication that Russia is worried about future Ukrainian attacks. According to their assessment, the approach also reveals the true aircraft strength at these bases; Russia wants to hide them from Ukrainian secret services. However, war dummies have a much longer tradition. From around the Second World War there were dummy tanks made of wood or even inflatable materials.