Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada bans Z and V symbols

The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a bill to ban the symbols Z and V, Report informs citing TASS that this was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak on Thursday.

In his Telegram channel, Zheleznyak published a list of documents, adopted on Thursday at a parliamentary session. He pointed out that a law banning symbols used by the Russian armed forces was adopted in the second reading.

The law prohibits "any propaganda of the Russian regime" and special operations.

The text of the document, published on the website of the parliament, states that the prohibited symbols, in addition to the symbols of the Russian armed forces, include the letters Z and V, as well as replacing them with Cyrillic letters "З", "С", "В", "Ф".

At the same time, the use of symbols is allowed in literary works and materials "created to condemn the Russian regime", in media materials that do not justify Russia's actions, as well as on captured equipment and in trademarks registered before February 24, 2022.