Screenshot from the footage.Mykola Oleshchuk/TelegramUkraine says Russian forces were fooled into striking dummy models of military targets. Air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said that Russia attacked the models with Iskander-M missiles.The Iskander-M is a short-range ballistic missile with a range of up to 500 km (around 310 miles).Ukrainian forces say they duped Russia into striking dummy models of aircraft and air defense systems with Iskander-M missiles.Mykola Oleshchuk, the commander of the Ukrainian air force, posted about the savvy tactic on Telegram.He shared footage that he claimed showed recent enemy strikes with Iskander-Ms on the mock-ups, which he said were placed at an airfield close to the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine and the Yuzhne area, near the Black Sea port of Odesa.He said the footage was captured by Russian reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles."The Air Force personnel successfully conducted passive defense measures!" Oleshchuk wrote in the post."Thank you to everyone who helps with high-quality models of aircraft and air defense systems.