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    Mute judy burke
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    Mar 8th 2022, 3:39 PM

    Is this the new swastica ?????

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    Mute Brian Henoll
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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:21 PM

    @judy burke: Yep, pretty much.

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    Mute Colin Conlan
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    Mar 8th 2022, 5:37 PM

    @judy burke: So all people that have a “z” in their name are naz1?

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    Mute ProtectKyiv
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    Mar 8th 2022, 3:50 PM

    Z for Zombies. Russians are so very we.ak, won’t fi-ght for their freedom, put up with that little s**t putin for 22 years…”ohh we didn’t know what was going on”…yeah right. Why didn’t they revolt with Navalny?

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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:58 PM

    @ProtectKyiv: I’d say it’s because they see that option as better than becoming subservient to the US – like so many countries around the world are.

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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:08 PM

    Zoro would be morto ..state of them

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    Mute David Van-Standen
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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:14 PM

    Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top has issued a statement, saying they don’t support the invasion of Ukraine.

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    Mute Mike Dé Vere
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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:11 PM

    You only had to look at the face of poor Ukranian beside him to know that something was up.

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    Mar 8th 2022, 8:37 PM

    Actually the use of Z and other letters on Russian vehicles is just an indication of what “battle groups” they are in.
    According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the following symbols and corresponding meanings have been used by the Russian Armed Forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine:
    Z: Russian forces from the Eastern Military District
    Z (enclosed in square): Russian forces from Crimea
    O: Forces from Belarus
    V: Marines
    X: Forces from Chechnya (Kadyrovtsy)
    A: Special forces, including SOBR, Alpha Group, and the Special Operations Forces

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    Mute Colin Conlan
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    Mar 8th 2022, 5:06 PM

    Ucranians see letter Z as a naz1 sign? And their own nothing?
    https://azov.org.ua/
    Here I see pure unchanged DasReich wolftrap.

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    Mar 8th 2022, 4:40 PM

    Great film, great sound track.

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    Mute Brendan Sheridan
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    Mar 8th 2022, 7:46 PM

    They should turn it 90° from Z to N to stand for something else like NO

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    Mar 8th 2022, 6:35 PM

    Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.

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    Mute David Haye
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    Mar 8th 2022, 10:41 PM

    The use of the letter is to identify Russian vehicles from the ground and the air to avoid friendly fire incidents.

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    Mute Brendan Sheridan
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    Mar 8th 2022, 7:51 PM

    They should change the Z to a N to mean something different

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    Mar 9th 2022, 9:50 PM

    It’s the new hammer & sickle not swastika. This is the hard lefts doing

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