Who is Babushka Z, the Russian granny who has become a symbol of Putin’s ‘special operation’

MOSCA – Some people call it “Babushka Z” or “Babushka of Victory”. She is the new heroine of the so-called Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine: an old woman from Kharkiv who went to meet the armed forces in Kiev with the “red flag”, the Soviet standard with hammer and sickle, thinking they were Russian soldiers. From Voronezh to Murmansk, she dedicates statues and graffiti to her.