The Latin-script letter Z (Russian: зет, romanized: zet, IPA: [zɛt]) is one of several symbols (including "V" and "O") painted on military vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2024年8月21日 · The final iteration of ordering the letters Z, O, and V coalesced themes of history, ideology, and the cult of personality into the powerful symbol ZOV — a true mental weapon of mass destruction...

2023年6月9日 · Former Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatyev e-published a 140-page memoir titled "Zov," meaning "Calling," a criticism of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Russian army. It was translated in...

2022年7月15日 · Знак «Z» (зэт), нанесённый белой краской на технику, российских военных, защищающих Донбасс и освобождающих Украину от нацистов и внешнего управления, стал сегодня наиболее узнаваемым символом в мире.

2023年5月30日 · Specifically for U.S. service members and leaders, “Zov” provides insight into how Ukrainian forces have been able to defy the odds and blunt the effects of a larger, technologically superior Russian military, one of the USAF translators told …

2022年8月23日 · The work is titled ZOV, three letters that mean "call" in Russian, while playing with the letters "Z," "O" and "V" painted on Russian military vehicles. The story reveals the appalling conditions...

2022年9月12日 · Filatyev, 34, was evacuated from the war zone after suffering an eye infection in mid-April, and afterwards spent over a month writing a 141-page journal entitled Zov, which refers to the...

He also spent 45 days to write his 141-page memoir named "ZOV 56" ("ZOV"), and publish it on VKontakte on 1 August 2022, [7] while he was still living in Russia. [3] It was by far the most detailed account of the invasion from the perspective of a Russian soldier so far, and rapidly gained widespread international media attention.

2022年8月25日 · Titled “ZOV” – after the tactical markings painted on Russian military vehicles in the Ukraine campaign – the memoir was spotted by Russian-speaking Western military experts and created a stir on...

He titled his memoir ZOV after the tactical markings painted on Russian army vehicles – Z, in particular, has been adopted as a pro-war symbol in Russia; ZOV glosses to Зов which means “an outcry of suffering” or simply ”the call.”