Ukrainians are stockpiling homemade petrol bombs — Molotov cocktails — to defend their streets. Host Marco Werman has a brief history of the petrol bomb, including the story of one Ukrainian brewery that has chosen to bottle up gasoline instead of beer, for Ukrainians to ignite and hurl at Russian soldiers.
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