It's to reduce chance of friendly fire. Ukraine and Russia have largely the same equipment, inherited from the Soviet Union, so it's not easy to tell them apart at a glance.
3amók (Latin: zamok) means lock or castle. They Latinised the first letter 3 to Z but also to the number 3. In fact it means: lock (1st.Z) Zelinski (2nd.Z) up in the dungeons 3rd.Z). It's a sort of Russian version of lock her up, I hope.
It's to reduce chance of friendly fire. Ukraine and Russia have largely the same equipment, inherited from the Soviet Union, so it's not easy to tell them apart at a glance.
They could do that, but then
a) they risk getting blown up by their own forces (which are way less trained and organized than the Russians)
b) that would be a war crime under the Geneva convention, because they would be disguising themselves as enemy combatants.
3amók (Latin: zamok) means lock or castle. They Latinised the first letter 3 to Z but also to the number 3. In fact it means: lock (1st.Z) Zelinski (2nd.Z) up in the dungeons 3rd.Z). It's a sort of Russian version of lock her up, I hope.