The Molotov cocktail was named after Stalin’s foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. The students called their 2022 version a “Bandera smoothie,” a reference to the militant nationalist Stepan Bandera. “My parents know about the bombs. I haven’t told my granny. She’s worried enough about things already,” Daniil said. He acknowledged his improvised weapon would probably not halt a Russian tank. But he stressed: “It will break Russian soldiers mentally and show them they’re not welcome here.”
