The letter ‘Z’ has emerged as a pro-war symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of Russian vehicles invading Ukraine first carried this distinctive letter painted in white, and it has quickly gone from being a military marker to a symbol sported by the politicians and atletes keep to show their support for Putin. Elsewhere in Europe, pro-Putin and right-wing activists have pasted the Z on the sides of cars. Russia’s defence ministry explained on its social media channels that the symbol comes from За победу, which begins with a ‘z’ sound and means “for…