2022年6月15日 · An elderly Ukrainian woman brandishing a red Soviet flag has become the unlikely face of Kremlin propaganda after a video of her encounter with Ukrainian soldiers went viral. The BBC tracked down...

2022年2月14日 · Mariupol, Ukraine – Valentyna Konstantinovska, 79, is ready to take up arms and fight Russian soldiers mano a mano to protect her city if President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion of Ukraine.

2022年6月18日 · In Russia, she is known as ‘Babushka-Z’ the Russian word for grandmother. Murals, placards and even statues of her holding a Soviet flag have appeared all over the country. But how did an old...

2022年5月4日 · Here’s what you need to know about the babushka whose image has gone viral on the Russian internet. What happened? In early April, a video showing an old woman greeting Ukrainian soldiers with a...

2022年5月6日 · Russian soldiers occupying Mariupol unveiled a strange statue in the embattled Ukrainian city on Thursday. The statue, of a Ukrainian peasant woman holding a Soviet flag, is of “Babushka Z” – who...

2023年11月6日 · The older woman was immediately transformed into a symbol, ‘Babushka with a red/Soviet flag’ or ‘Babushka Z’, depicted in Russian memes, drawings, murals and the like used primarily as resources for supporting the war and Russia's version of its legitimacy.

2022年3月4日 · Over social media, the story of Valentyna Konstantinovska, the “Kalashnikov babushka,” has gone viral. Valentyna is part of a small group of women all over 65 that are training to be able to...

2022年2月14日 · “Babushka” is a word often used in the region to describe an older woman or grandmother. “I love my city, I am not leaving. Putin can’t scare us off. Yes, it’s terrifying, but we will stand for our Ukraine until the very end,” Konstantinovska proclaimed during an event to teach the city’s residents how to prepare and defend ...

2022年6月15日 · An elderly Ukrainian woman brandishing a red Soviet flag has become the unlikely face of Kremlin propaganda after a video of her encounter with Ukrainian soldiers went viral. "I am just a peasant...

2023年11月29日 · The woman was turned into a symbol, ‘Babushka Z', who also appeared outside social media in drawings, murals and statues. She was used to justify Russian military action and support the Russian...