Vlad Litnarovych

Reports circulating in Ukrainian and regional monitoring channels claim that Russia has deployed 24 Iskander-M1 missile systems around Ukraine, theoretically capable of launching up to 96 long-range cruise missiles in a single salvo. While the figures sound alarming, defense analysts caution that the real threat—and its novelty—requires closer examination.

In a war increasingly defined by drones, sensors, and digital targeting, one of Ukraine’s most effective battlefield tools comes from a very different era: a century-old deception first used in the trenches of World War I.