Terminally ill Children Form ‘Z’ in Snow, Netizens Call Out ‘Russian Propaganda’

After people and several organisations from all corners of the world stood up for Ukraine, an NGO has extended its support to Russia. Many on the internet, however, are calling it propaganda. A group of terminally ill Russian children stood outside in the freezing cold to form the letter ‘Z.’ Why the letter Z? In the last few days, various symbols were spotted on the sides and on the roof of the Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. One of these symbols includes the letter Z, which has now become a sign of support for Russia’s military offensive, and is considered a pro-war symbol.

The photo was taken by the chairman of a cancer charity in Kazan, Vladimir Vavilov, who used a drone to get the shot and later posted it on the hospice’s website. In a statement, he revealed that patients and his entire team took part in the act, where they had to line up and form the letter Z. “In our left hand we held leaflets with the flags of the LPR, DPR, Russia, and Tatarstan and we clenched our right hand into a fist,” he said.