Could a special military operation in Ukraine leave Russian residents indifferent? This question was answered by the people themselves, bringing large-scale actions in many cities of the country.
So, on the night of the seventh of March in Krasnoyarsk, in the windows of office and administrative buildings, as well as high-rise buildings, the light lit up in the shape of the letter Z. Thus, the Siberians supported the fighters of the Russian army - as you know, the Latin Z has become a symbol of the special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. Such a symbol could be seen in the city center on the buildings of the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, on the Krasnoyarsk Hotel on Uritsky Street and the AMAKS City Hotel on Alexander Matrosov Street.
The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine was supported by the Kuzbass miners with their action. At one of the coal mines, nine BelAZ heavy dump trucks were lined up in the form of the letter Z. The total weight of the symbol exceeded two thousand tons. Following this, employees of enterprises producing coal underground indicated their position. "It is not for nothing that it is said that the miners' brotherhood does not depend on skin color, nationality and everything else. We have to support each other in any situation. Now it is very difficult for our native guys - miners of Donbass. We are for Donbass!" said Brigadier Andrei Patsei. And the sinker Andrey Blinov added: "Yes, we are, of course, worried about them. There is the same miner going to work there, and when he is killed by nationalists, it just doesn't fit in my head... We are all miners, Kuzbass and Donbass are in solidarity, we are all for each other. Miners are united people." "Hold on, Kuzbass is always for you!" - the miners summed up.
And in Jurga, as a sign of solidarity with the military, buses operated by drivers of a passenger transport company were lined up in a zigzag. Here, as in Kemerovo and Anzhero-Sudzhensk, motor rallies were held under the flags of Russia and the slogan "We do not abandon our own".
Tula residents also supported the participants of the special operation with a car run and a video show. The spontaneous action - it was organized with the help of social networks literally overnight - was attended by more than 300 cars and about a thousand residents of the city of gunsmiths. Motorists gathered in the vast parking lot at the Patriot Park.
- I came to support our military in Ukraine, let them all come home alive, - said Maria Novokshenova, who was driving a yellow Opel. - I have a military husband myself, I know what it's like to wait, and what they have to go through there.
- Our guys are doing their duty, helping their neighbors get rid of scoundrels in power and Nazis in schools, - Sergey Merkulov believes. He arrived at the rally in a hefty red pickup truck. All the cars that arrived were decorated with the symbols Z and V, and Russian flags, banners and standards of the armed forces were installed in their windows. By the way, the airborne forces prevailed.
Photos from the front line appeared on the park building, they were covered with tricolor smoke - fifty young people lined up in front of the Patriot and activated the prepared checkers. At the same time, the anthem of the Russian Federation burst out. And at the end of the action, its participants got into their cars and went for a run in Tula. Oncoming cars greeted them with signals and let them pass, and passers-by waved and saw them off from the sidewalks.
The rally in support of Russia's special operation in Ukraine was also supported in Moscow. Cars with flags of Russia and the republics of Donbass moved along the Garden Ring under the slogan #Svoihnebrosay. Cars are the most diverse: from old Zhiguli to expensive Mercedes. A column of about two thousand cars moved along Mozhaisk Highway, Kutuzovsky Avenue, left for Novy Arbat, and then proceeded past the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The final point of the rally was Poklonnaya Gora. The Moscow region also supported the action. More than 50 cars with Russian flags and symbols "For Victory" drove, in particular, through the territory of Dmitrov and Yakhroma. "In support of our fighters, in support of our president! Dmitrov is with you!" - Ilya Ponochevny, the head of the Dmitrov City District, commented on the action.
Anton Valagin (Moscow), Dmitry Lapin (Krasnoyarsk), Anna Poltavtseva (Tula), Yulia Potapova (Kemerovo)