Yellow Ribbon activists turn Russian "Z" into a sandglass in the temporarily occupied Crimea

On February 26, the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea, the Crimean branch of the Yellow Ribbon Movement launched an open-ended campaign, "The Time of Freedom is Coming." The activists are redrawing the Russian symbol Z, which Russians leave on the streets of the temporarily occupied cities, into blue and yellow sandglasses. 

"The 'Time for Freedom is Coming' campaign that they [activists - ed. note] are launching today is an important message that our citizens in the occupied Crimea and all the temporarily occupied territories need to hear. It is a reminder that Ukraine is there for us and that we will win together," says Tamila Tasheva, the Permanent Representative of the Mission of the President of Ukraine in ARC.

The Yellow Ribbon campaign has already covered Yalta, Simferopol,  Aqyar (Sevastopol), Saq (Saky) and other settlements of the peninsula. 

"Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the yellow ribbon has symbolised Ukrainian resistance to the Russian occupiers. More than 7000 people have already joined the movement, distributing yellow ribbons, leaflets and graffiti with pro-Ukrainian slogans," says the curator of the Yellow Ribbon.