Sergey Mironov wearing a pin with "Z" symbol This term was used in the joint Zapad 2021 exercise between Belarus and Russia before the invasion. Īnother interpretation for "Z" is the Russian word for west ( Russian: запад, romanized: zapad), to designate the Western Military District or west-bound infantry, with the "V" symbol similarly standing for the word for east ( Russian: восток, romanized: vostok).
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The MoD later suggested alternative meanings for "Z", including "For peace" ( Russian: за мир, romanized: za mir), "For truth" ( Russian: за правду, romanized: za pravdu), and the letter Z in English words demilitarization and denazification, which Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted to be the purpose of the invasion. On Instagram, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) posted on 3 March that the "Z" symbol is an abbreviation of the phrase "for victory" ( Russian: за победу, romanized: za pobedu), while the "V" symbol stands for " strength is in truth" ( Russian: сила в правде, romanized: sila v pravde) and "The task will be completed" ( Russian: задача будет выполнена, romanized: zadacha budet vypolnena). During the Battle of Kharkiv, local residents used the "Z" symbols to identify Russian vehicles and track their locations on Telegram. Russian vehicles along the Russia–Ukraine border displayed the "Z" symbol during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis in the weeks before the invasion. The latter theory was confirmed by Russian veteran Sergey Kuvykin, who indicated in an interview with Life that symbols including "a 'Z' in a square, a 'Z' in a circle, a 'Z' with a star or simply 'Z' on its own" have been used to tell teams apart. Some military experts think the symbols help distinguish different Russian army groups from one another, with former Royal United Services Institute director Michael Clarke saying that "often these symbols will be location-based: they will communicate where the unit is going" and pointing to the American military's use of chevrons during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Military experts think the symbols are identifying marks used to reduce friendly fire, similar to the invasion stripes used in the Normandy landings during World War II. The invasion has acquired the nickname "Operation Z", derived from the "Z" symbol. The "Z" symbol is used instead of the equivalent Cyrillic letter З (Ze) used in the Russian alphabet, which has been described as peculiar, considering the symbol's later association with Russian nationalism. At the same time, it is similar to the Greek capital letter zeta. The following symbols and corresponding meanings have been used by the Russian Armed Forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The form of the "Z" symbol is a reproduction of the Latin letter Z.
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