A new tactical symbol appearing on Russian tanks and armored vehicles involved in the ongoing offensive near Kharkiv, Ukraine suggest a significant scale-up in Russia's military activities ...

Why Russian military affiliates would paint vehicles with a Latin letter, rather than a Cyrillic one, is only the beginning of the puzzle.

Ukraine's Armed Forces have said the letter is an identification symbol for the Russian military, with "Z" identifying Russia's Eastern Military District and a "Z" enclosed in a square identifying ...

Nearly two years into an invasion with increasingly vague goals, recent photos show symbols from Russia’s Soviet past becoming increasingly mainstreamed as a rallying point for Russian troops.

VILNIUS, August 18. /TASS/. Lithuanian border guards have denied entry to a Russian citizen who had a Soviet symbol sticker on his car, the Baltic country’s Delfi news website reported on ...

The second, focused on the Casspir — a South African mine-resistant military vehicle — followed the same aesthetic line, transforming the symbol of repression into art loaded with history and ...

Moscow, Russia: Giant letters in support of Moscow's armed forces fighting in Ukraine have been installed in front of the US embassy in Moscow, Agence France-Presse saw Thursday. A huge Latin letter ...

Russian soldiers in Ukraine have also been seen wearing Nazi-style patches, underscoring how complicated interpreting these symbols can be in a region steeped in Soviet and German history.

Some observers predicted that the symbol designated where the military units were stationed: Z stood for 'zapad', or West, and V for vostok,' Russian for east.

Russian Ivan Kuliak wore the letter Z on his chest during the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha. The Z is reportedly a symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Several Western countries have renamed streets where the local Russian embassy sits in support of Ukraine or Kremlin critics in recent years.