SPbGASU once again joined the "Universities for the Front" campaign, organized by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Youth Policy Division initiated a collection of aid for SMO participants and organized the delivery of the supplies to the general collection point.

University faculty and staff accumulated catalytic heaters, camouflage nets, thermal underwear, a chainsaw, and a universal mini-oven.

Students launched a "Warmth" initiative, which implied making trench candles. It was initiated by Andrey Nikulin, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and Anna Tsarenko, his deputy for educational work. Nadezhda Talash, a specialist in the Department for the Protection of State Secrets, supervised the students' work. The candle-making process was labor-intensive: students first made cardboard blanks in tin cans for filling with paraffin, and then heated the paraffin in the lab and poured it into the molds. Forty-seven trench candles were made. The students also handcrafted talismans for the soldiers and wrote them letters of support.

Vice-Rector for Youth Policy Marina Malyutina and Head of the Youth Policy Division Irina Nuryeva thanked all participants of the event and visited the Faculty of Automobile and Road Building, where another humanitarian aid collection point had been set up. Thanks to the efforts of master's students Oleg Shidov, Andrey Ulyashov, and Anastasia Petrova, the students collected supplies for the soldiers, including camouflage nets, thermal underwear, trench candles, a diesel generator, and much more.

Humanitarian aid from our university's staff and students has arrived at the common collection point for aid for participants in the Secondary Military Operation and residents of new regions, collected by educational organizations. It operates on the campus of the National Research University "MPEI" in Moscow. From MPEI, the latest batch of aid has been sent by convoy to the front lines.