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Another article I saw said that they are there for 'protection'. Not sure how effective they would be.
It’s supposed to make it more difficult for autonomous targeting systems to recognize the aircraft:
https://www.twz.com/air/russia-covering-its-aircraft-in-tires-is-about-befuddling-image-matching-seekers-u-s-military-confirms
Worked real well.
I thought it was a ghetto way of hoping a dropped grenade from a drone might bounce off.