Russian college students are being asked to donate their used vapes to the country’s military so parts from e-cigarettes can be used to make combat drones to attack Ukraine, according to a report.
Students at Samara University in southwestern Russia have collected discarded vapes from their peers in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — chanting the slogan “1 e-cigarette= 1 drone attack on the enemy!”, Ukraine’s Kyiv Post newspaper reported on Monday.
The university’s “Falcon patriotic military club” organized e-cigarette drives and created flyers, a riff on the famous Soviet-era anti-alcohol poster, but with added sayings and Elf Bars instead of drinks.
Volunteers from the Samara University Falcon Club reveal the e-cigarette collection box. VK / Viktor Odobescu
Vape microcircuits and batteries can be reused to operate the projectile release system from combat drones, the club said, according to the outlet.
Organizers of the drive said they had been approached by “people involved in special military operations” – meaning Russia’s invasion and ongoing attacks on Ukraine – and decided to help by placing collection boxes across college campuses, the Kyiv Post reported, citing a Russian independent. news report on the effort.
The Falcon military club, founded in 2008 to provide students with a patriotic education, has been collecting broken cell phones, camping stoves, clothes and food since the Russian invasion last year.
The electronic cigarette is used as a power bank and launcher for drones. Chernivtsi association “Falcon patriotic military club” organized an electronic cigarette drive and created flyers to help students donate. Association of Chernivtsi
Ukrainian students are the first to figure out how to reuse used vapes in the ongoing war, the Kyiv Post reports.
Students at Chernivtsi Polytechnic College began recycling used e-cigarette parts to make drop mechanisms for drones and power banks so soldiers can recharge their phones as needed while deployed in the field.
The powerbank was designed by a student at the college who gave the first one he made to his father who was fighting on the front lines, according to the publication.
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