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Tom symons, bbc news. in less than a fortnight, the letter "z" has become seen as a pro—war symbol of president putin's invasion of ukraine. it was first seen on tanks, but now made its way to the streets and across social media, prompting the question what does it actually stand for? stephanie prentice reports. russian tanks rolling into ukraine, with a stark letter on the side and back. the z scene he has since become ubiquitous as the conflict rages on. moving from the battlefield to being painted onto ordinary cars and vans, sprayed onto bus stops and even promoted on advertising boards ...

Made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine's surrender. he chants. "no to war," this russian man shouts before he's carted away. independent monitors say 5,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities at a war that you're not even allowed to name. russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition, virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. and a new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin's war. the letter z first appeared on tanks and military vehicles, but it's now a...

The russian defence ministry today released these images, said to be of tanks around ukraine's capital, kyiv. it is the military hardware, the guns and the bombs, that are doing the talking, and the kremlin has repeatedly made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine's surrender. he chants. "no to war," this russian man shouts before he's carted away. independent monitors say 5,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities at a war that you're not even allowed to name. russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition...

Become ubiquitous as the conflict rages on. moving from the battlefields to being painted onto ordinary cars and vans, sprayed onto bus stops and even promoted on advertising boards in st petersburg. on social media there is debate over what the letter is being used to signify. some say that it is a sign of nationalism, others are likening it to a swastika. some people have compared this to the swastika. i think it is a valid comparison. in the third reich, the third reich also valued displays of loyalty, of uniforms, salutes, etc and putin's regime also values that. experts are divided. one e...

Are you seeing smaller kind of everyday acts of quiet resistance? >> yes. there are many acts of quiet resistance and then there's a lot of people who just don't have the strength to go out and do much. but they wish they could. we're seeing a lot of small acts, a lot of people doing solo pickets, a lot of people doing graffiti using stickers, anti-war stickers on bus stops and public places, letter-writing campaigns. a lot of conversations are happening in kitchens, at the water cooler, as we would say in america, and just spreading information, helping each other install vpns to get access t...