View
comments
A Ukrainian brewery has started producing Molotov cocktails for civilians as the country prepares for more Russian advances.
Pravda Brewery in Lviv said they had switched production from beer to the makeshift firebombs as Ukrainians prepare to defend their cities from invasion by Vladimir Putin's forces.
The production - which the brewery said is being aided by locals - follows calls from Ukraine's President Zelensky for civilians to engage Russian troops with guerilla warfare when they enter cities like Lviv and capital Kyiv.
Pravda Brewery, based in Lviv, is making Molotov cocktails for residents to use against invading Russian forces. The labels on the bottle read 'Putin is a d***head'
The production follows calls from Ukraine's President Zelensky for civilians to engage Russian troops with guerilla warfare when they enter cities
The brewery is using bottles of one of their popular beers called 'Putin is a d***head' to create the weapons.
The 8% Belgian Strong Golden Ale was named after a popular football chant in Ukraine which emerged after the Russian dictator's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
A case of 24 330ml bottles of the ale costs 979 Ukrainian hryvnia (£23.30) from the brewery in the western city of Lviv.
A teacher named Arina told BBC News: ‘Nobody thought that this was how we would spend our weekend.
‘Nobody thought but now we’re doing this and it seems like the only important thing to do now.’
‘We can’t just live our ordinary lives if we are safe, we have to do something
