decoy

Initial indications suggest the drones fired into Polish airspace last week were Gerbera 'decoy' drones rather than armed ones.

He said the drones in question appear to be Russian-made cheap, long-range drone Gerberas which can be used as decoys to distract defences as part of Russia's increasing "grey zone actions against Nato".

"Sometimes a lot of these drones are decoys - without explosives - just to weaken our air defence systems," Mr Musiienko explained.

The tank in question appears to be a plywood decoy used by the Ukrainian forces to deceive the Russians.

Several times he was used as a decoy, opening the door for receiver Harrison Carter to show his stuff.