Belarusian pranker forced teachers in the Voronezh region to make foil hats as part of the “Helmet of the Fatherland” workshop Local officials praised teachers for their “patriotic attitude”

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Actionist Vladislav Bokhan from Belarus sent an order to schools in the Voronezh region to hold a patriotic master class “Helmet of the Fatherland”. He introduced himself as an official from the local branch of United Russia and demanded that teachers make foil hats to “demonstrate their readiness to be protected from radiation by NATO satellites.” He attached instructions for making hats, compiled using ChatGPT, to the assignment.