high, and Donbas was larger and less isolated than the peninsula. A variety of deceptions were practised. Russia sent "humanitarian" convoys to Donbas; the first, of military trucks painted white, attracted much media attention, and was described as "a wonderful example of maskirovka" by a US Air Force General. Regular Russian troops were captured by Ukraine numerous times, making denial of their involvement increasingly implausible. See also Active measures Fear, uncertainty and doubt Maneuver warfare Operational art Proxy war Salami tactics Soviet deep battle References Explanatory notes Citations General and cited sources Further reading Translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in USSR Report: Military Affairs no. 1707, 20 September 1982, pp. 22–33. JPRS no. 81805. External links Camouflage military deception Deception operations Military deception military deception Military intelligence military deception