![]() ![]() In the past two weeks, Z has gone from a military marking to the main symbol of public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. How has Z become the symbol of the war in Russia? The Russian defense ministry itself has not commented on any of the theories, and instead posted on its Instagram channel that Z meant Za pobedu (“for victory”) and V stood for “power of truth”. Others believe the letters were drawn in an attempt to avoid friendly fire, while some pro-Kremlin Russian military experts have speculated that the letter Z stands for the name of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and the letter V for Vladimir Putin. The most popular theory used by military experts to explain the letters is that they were written according to the respective areas where the Russian troops are usually stationed, with Z potentially standing for Zapad (west). ![]() As a letter, Z does not exist in the Cyrillic Russian alphabet rather, a letter resembling the figure 3 represents the “z” sound. The letters seen on the hardware were usually framed by squares, triangles, and other painted shapes. As Russia’s invasion began, more military hardware was spotted emblazoned with Zs, as well as other letters, including O, X, A and V.
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