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Posted on 03/29/2026 4:58:31 PM PDT by Apparatchik
A newly reported operation suggests Kyiv may have found another low-cost way to disrupt Russian forces away from the front line: heated insoles allegedly rigged with small explosive charges and sent through volunteer aid channels.
According to Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi, operatives from Ukraine’s special services allegedly inserted explosive-filled heated insoles into shipments destined for Russian military units. The items were reportedly moved with the help of Russian volunteers and charitable foundations, allowing them to pass as ordinary humanitarian aid.
That is what makes this sort of sabotage effective, Treston Wheat, chief geopolitical officer at Insight Forward, told me: it exploits weak points in military supply chains while forcing the target to treat routine deliveries as potential threats.
Each insole reportedly contained 1.5 grams of TNT. That is a tiny charge by battlefield standards. It will not destroy a vehicle or a bunker. But it does not need to. Against a foot at point-blank range, it could cause a serious injury. The value of the weapon is not explosive power but delivery. If troops begin to distrust aid shipments, the wider effect could be on the supply channels themselves.
A Supply Chain Weaponized
Militarnyi reported that the first deliveries began in early March and may have totaled tens of thousands of units, though that figure could not be independently verified. If true, this would suggest not a one-off stunt but a deliberate effort to undermine trust in Russian volunteer-led supply chains.
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You’d have to be a soulless heel to play a trick like that.
The ol Hot Foot!
Sort of a version of the Israeli pager system.
[rim shot]
Tactics like this need to be stomped out.
I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes right now.
The Mossad is now helping defending Ukraine more clearly it seems.
Good
What will they try next? Exploding toilet paper? 😆
Thank God it’s spring. The Russians will just make their troops fight in bare feet. Or Crocs.
Explosive insoles, explosive underwear, or world has become a Warner Bros. cartoon.
(((PING!)))
To be added to the zeeper follies pinglist,
ping me bro... we need laughter!
PING!!
Does ACME make the shoes?
LOL!!
Poison ivy juice.
A Boy Scout camping was trying to imitate the native American warriors once wiped with leaves. They had to carry him out on a stretcher for the trip to hospital.Happened in my father’s troop back in the day.
“The Mossad is now helping defending Ukraine more clearly it seems.”
Probably since Erdogan is threatening that Turkey will fight for Iran.
Reminds me of a certain set of pagers ...
Don’t be silly. We all remember the camp classic, itching powder toilet paper.
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