Got a laugh out of this one, and I'm sure sources like Moon Of Alabama and Southfront aren't reporting on that one, far too embarrassing...
Ukraine is outsmarting Russia with HIMARS decoys made of wood-
[hotair.com]
They must have gotten the idea from MI6. In WWII the British were past experts on deception and used Patton to build a faux army in Dover to draw Nazi panzers away from Normandy.
The Russians proved in Afghanistan that their military is at best very average. But then again, the USA also did not do any netter.
There is a reason that Afghanistan is called "the graveyard of empires." Since Alexandros Megalos tried to invade India through Afghanistan, every effort by some imperial power to conquer or control the tribesmen there has led them to disaster.