Russian forces are placing old vehicles with dummy machine gunners along roads to fool Ukrainian drones. VIDEO

Russian forces have begun using dummy machine gunners mounted on old vehicles to mimic mobile fire group positions in an attempt to protect roads in border areas from Ukrainian drone strikes.

A video posted online shows several such positions along a highway, Censor.NET reports.

According to available information, the occupiers are placing dummy machine guns and gunners on unserviceable vehicles to make them look like real firing positions.

Russian forces are likely trying to divert Ukrainian attack drones, including those equipped with artificial intelligence systems that can independently identify and home in on targets.

The roadside decoys are meant to mimic armed positions and draw attacks onto false targets.