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"Found these in the Zaporizhzhya direction. The enemy is throwing chocolates with an explosive mechanism. Do not open them under any circumstances. Our guy was lucky that it did not detonate, otherwise he could have ended up crippled. I know guys whose fingers were torn off like that."
That does seem like something that would violate some rules-of-war convention.
Booby-trapping something that might be mistaken by civilians as a legitimate humanitarian aid drop risks non-combatant casualties and makes it harder for actual aid operations to operate.
Ah, this reminds the time when cluster munitions were bright yellow, so you could spot them and stay away.
And food aid packages were bright yellow, so you could spot them and easily collect them.
Yeah...
Oh man, when was that?
During the early occupation of Afghanistan after 2001. Here's a news article from 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2912617.stm
Note that that wasn't on purpose.
Wow. I guess those two teams didn't talk often, which tracks.
Happy cake day!
If it is something they're actually doing, I agree. But this image looks like a crafts project gone wrong. Are we supposed to believe that the bit a the bottom is like, high explosive or something and that tiny wire is the primer?
Yup. I read the convention on mines recently in the wake of the pagers thing. Even if chocolate isn't humanitarian aid, portable booby trapped non-military items are forbidden if they self-trigger. (The pagers actually seem fine by the copy I read, because being remote-controlled makes them "other devices")
Edit: And also specifically food or drink.
SOURCES?
I've asked about 10 times, but no one can seem to provide a single reputable journalistic source. Is that really such a tall order? Follow facts, not feelings...
That's true! If it happened. Does anyone have any source at all for this from any reputable news organization?
Far more likely this is being prepared by Russians as they retreat in Kursk and blamed on Ukraine just in case any Russian civilians get hit. We know for a fact that Russia booby traps civilian areas which is a war crime. There have been zero cases of Ukraine doing this. So if a booby trap exists it should be assumed Russian.
Willy Wonka sends his regards
Explosives don't seem smart. Why didn't they poison the chocolate instead? The enemy opens the chocolate, sees nothing wrong with it, shares it with their mates, and then now you've got five casualties who are none the wiser. Is that against the rules of war or something?
Is that against the rules of war or something?
Yes. Very much so. Just poison in general is a war crime, let alone hiding it in chocolate.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/fr/customary-ihl/v2/rule72
Article 23(a) of the 1899 Hague Regulations provides: “It is especially prohibited … to employ poison or poisoned arms.”
SOURCES?
I've asked about 10 times, but no one can seem to provide a single reputable journalistic source. Is that really such a tall order? Follow facts, not feelings...
We're... supposed to believe Russia!? According to them, they still haven't violently invaded Ukraine, kidnapped children, or committed war crimes!
(To be clear, any war crimes need to be stopped, investigated, and prosecuted.)
EDIT: Wait, there's not even an article to look into sources? Just text and an image!? If this isn't my specific app not cross-linking properly, this post has to violate community rules, right? Or at least it should...
We're... supposed to believe Russia
No.
Wait, there’s not even an article to look into sources
I do not post link to pro-Russian sources. You can do a reverse image search, if you so wish.
SOURCES?
I've asked about 10 times, but no one can seem to provide a single reputable journalistic source. Is that really such a tall order? Follow facts, not feelings...
"Pro-Russian" sources? I think you misunderstand. I'm curious why there are no sources. Like, at all. Not just from you, but any that actually exist! I can't find anything. Here's a search that should be broad enough:
Adding "explosive" to the query doesn't yield any better results. We don't have to link propaganda, but if Russia is claiming this, there would be English-language articles about the claim, yes? Again, if anyone has any source, please post it... But no, "do your own research" isn't sufficient for a claim with literally nothing to back it up.
You can start to track this down by reverse image searches if you are that curious. It's a crap story, so the actual source is going to be ambiguous.
This was the first I found, posted on the 4th, and I am not linking to it directly.
You're not going to find anything if you're using Google for your searches.
Try changing your location with a VPN. Search using Yandex. Translate your search to Russian first. Etc.
The sources are all Russian.
Mirror + bandaid + paperclip + packing tape = boom? It's like a bad 80s tv show.
TIL Macguyver is a Ukrainian asset.
Why bother with chocolate at all? Just wrap c4 in a Freddo wrapper.
Come into my country, you get what you get.
Fuck russia.
Fuck the Kremlin. Broad hatred for the entire country will only drive the decent Russians into the Kremlin's ~~arms~~ tentacles
They only just discovered the chocolates yet somehow they know people who had their fingers blown off from them?
Sounds a bit suspect, Ivan
Yeah, this definitely looks like airdropped chocolate to me bro.
Nice Halloween touch...victory to Ukraine. LOL, if vodka bottles were used...
Send more weapons! Allow use on military targets in russia!
Wouldn't catch me dead with dark chocolate in my hand, or exploded all over me