When Molotov claimed in radio broadcasts that the Soviet Union was not dropping bombs but rather delivering food to the starving Finns , the Finns started to call the air bombs satirically `` Molotov bread baskets '' . When Soviet People 's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov claimed in radio broadcasts that they were not bombing , but rather delivering food to the starving Finns , the Finns started to call the air bombs Molotov bread baskets .