Z was being used in ruZZia as a symbol to show support for the invasion. IIRC Z was used by a certain command in that area on tanks and trucks.
People started spelling “Russia” as “ruZZia” to relate it to the Nazi SS and using Z to do so to show distane for the war. I write it with lower case r out of disrespect 🤷
They tag some of their military assets with ‘Z’ for battlefield identification
Because the Russians liked the movie world war z or what? Also I’m still confused why people on Lemmy would adopt that spelling regardless
Z was being used in ruZZia as a symbol to show support for the invasion. IIRC Z was used by a certain command in that area on tanks and trucks.
People started spelling “Russia” as “ruZZia” to relate it to the Nazi SS and using Z to do so to show distane for the war. I write it with lower case r out of disrespect 🤷
Thank you for being the first to actually explain this!
They needed a symbol to spray paint on their tanks to easily differentiate them. Z is simple and it’s not a a Cyrillic letter.