President Vladimir Putin take aback the globe this week as Russia launched an intrusion of Ukraine . This has seen thementering Chernobyl , withradiation spikingin the neighborhood . As the world seem on , some have noticed that Russian military vehicles have been note with Z symbols .
According toSky News , painted symbol like these are usually applied to vehicles shortly to engage in combat , meaning the Z symbols could be declarative of the Russian military ’s plans . report have pointed out or so 10 unlike types of symbol – some just a patent Z , while others are in box or triangle .
video shared on Twitter have bear witness entire convoys of vehicle carrying the omega symbolic representation .
“ This is a giant red flag , ” alleged PhD student with a focus on Russian defense policyRob Lee on Twitter . “ These are Rosgvardia troops and Avtozaks ( prisoner transportation trucks ) with the ' zee ' markings in Belgorod . A warm reading that Rosgvardia troops would take part in any invasion . ”
The Russian National Guard , or Rosgvardia , are separate from the Russian Armed Forces , as a chemical group which answer only to President Putin , saysTelegraph , who sooner this week cover the guard could be responsible for retrieve control in land seize in the invasion .
As to the symbolisation ’ meanings , it ’s been theorize that they could serve as a mode of avoiding friendly fire by making it easy for Russian soldier to name Russian vehicle , or as a means of communicating the strategic means of attack for that vehicle .
" Often these symbolisation will be localisation ground - they will be communicating where a unit is heading , ” Professor Michael Clarke , former director of the defence think tank RUSI , toldSky News . “ If they were only to strike out the vehicles as being Russian , you could just use one symbol . ”
" The fact that they are different tells you more – they are probably signs which differentiate you which units are heading to the nor'-east or northwestward of a territorial dominion , for exercise . "
However , no firm ending have yet been tie and more information is needed to reach an savvy of these symbols ' true meaning .
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