Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine, the letter Z has popped up on Russian tanks, trucks and cars, on a gymnast’s leotard, in a formation of terminally ...

The letter, painted on Russian military vehicles, is suddenly ubiquitous in Russia, prompting talk of a Kremlin public relations campaign.

The letter's ubiquity has led many to conclude that its adoption is an orchestrated Kremlin effort to drum up support for the war.

The Russian government has been using the letter Z, first seen on Russian tanks in Ukraine, as a patriotic symbol to rally Russians around the war in Ukraine.

With Moscow's attack on Ukraine now in its fourth week, authorities in Russia are pulling out all the stops to drum up enthusiasm for the campaign. And the Latin letter Z has become a ubiquitous ...