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Booby-trapped insoles turn Russian supply lines into a guessing game

The point isn’t to blow anything up, it’s to poison the aid system itself.

Jason Weisberger
Mar 30, 2026
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Ukraine appears to be leaning into low-cost, high-psychological-impact sabotage, reportedly seeding Russian aid shipments with heated insoles rigged with tiny explosive charges. The bombs are not large enough to destroy anything strategic, but more than enough to make every package feel like a potential trap.

According to Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi, ope…

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