In 18 months Metinvest has supplied more than 250 decoy weapons and pieces of equipment to Ukrainian ... or HIMARS. Metinvest workers strive for ‘maximum authenticity’ while producing ...

But as the war has worn on and the weaponry arriving in the country has grown ever more sophisticated, so too have Metinvest’s decoys. The real test now – the measure of each decoy’s success ...

A year and a half later, Metinvest has supplied more than 250 decoy weapons and pieces of equipment to Ukrainian troops across the frontline. A senior specialist, ... or Himars. The group is ...

The Washington Post dedicated an article in August 2022 to how the Russian army was hunting down wooden decoys of HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems in Ukraine. ... Metinvest's social media ...

In August 2022, a Washington Post article showed how decoy HIMARS launchers, which were wooden mock-ups mounted on trucks, ... were crude, but as the war has carried on the sophistication of Metinvest ...

It is worth noting that the company Metinvest has been producing military decoys for the Ukrainian Armed Forces for several ...

Metinvest makes decoys of advanced Western military technology that Ukraine is getting from its allies, with the fakes including M777 155mm howitzers, which cost millions of dollars each for the ...

Steel company Metinvest says it has produced more than 250 decoys for the Ukrainian army. Russia's own oil barrels are being repurposed in decoy radars Ukraine is using to fool the invading army ...

And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as they were deployed.

They are created with one single aim in mind: to be destroyed as quickly as possible. And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest War in Ukraine news every morning. Staff at Ukraine’s largest steelmaker Metinvest watched in horror last February as their security ...