The real problem facing Britain's depleted armed forces

The real problem facing Britain's depleted armed forces

Troop numbers are down, morale is weak and some equipment is in a poor state - will the government's Strategic Defence Review be enough to turn that around?

To confuse: Britain sends to Ukraine mock-ups of air defense systems: EADaily

EADaily, May 12th, 2025. Britain sends to Ukraine is baited in the form of dummy tanks and air defense systems to confuse the Russian Armed Forces. This is reported by The Times.

The British are sending fake air defense systems and tanks to the Ukrainian front, The Times reports. This move is intended to mislead Russian forces. The Ukrainians hope that in this way they will persuade the Russians to use up their arsenal on destroying cheap models, instead of attacking real equipment. The reports are confirmed by both the Ukrainian and British sides.

Britain sends dummy air defense and tank units to Ukraine to deceive Russian armyBritain is sending Ukraine packaged dummy air defense and tank units. This forces the Russian military to waste resources on destroying false targets instead of real ones.

Traditional inflatable mockups, which were used during World War II, are already ineffective, so the British developed more modern methods

The British military is sending decoys, which look like air defense systems and tanks, to Ukrainian troops to deceive the Russians and make them hit false targets.