Penza, 6 March 2022. PenzaNews. The letter Z appeared on the building of the regional government in Penza the night before. The photo was posted on the Telegram channel by Governor Oleg Melnichenko.

Photo: T.me/omelnichenko

“Russia is a great country. The homeland of dozens of peoples, millions of people. Great people looking for justice and honesty. Those who will always stand firm for their fellow countrymen and compatriots. For all our people anywhere in the world. This is our character! This is us!” the head of the region wrote.

He accompanied his Tweet with the hashtags #ZaМир, #ZaПрезидента и #СвоихНеБросаем.

The Latin letter Z has become an unofficial symbol for support of Russia’s special military operation to protect Donbass.

It is posted by different users on social networks, applied to cars, houses and clothes to express support for the Russian military.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained that the letter Z on the Russian military equipment that participates in the special operation means For Victory, and the letter V means Strength in Truth and The Task will be Completed.