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Russians claim Ukranian forces are dropping booby-trapped chocolate bars on Russian trenches. (imgur.com)

submitted 1 day ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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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."

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

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.”