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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad alludes to the plight of Indian students stranded on the borders of war-torn Ukraine, in temperatures as low as minus 2 degrees Celsius, and also takes a dig at Ukrainian deputy chief prosecutor David Sakvarelidze’s comment about “European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed every day”, which sparked a row over racism in media coverage of the war.
Sandeep Adhwaryu takes a jibe at how the United Nations has been unable to act on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with China seen as being in Vladimir Putin’s corner, although it has abstained in Security Council votes. Putin has been accused of attacking Ukraine because he cannot tolerate a liberal democracy in his neighbourhood.
Satish Acharya draws on India abstaining for the second time from a UN Security Council resolution on the war in Ukraine, in what is being considered an attempt to safeguard New Delhi’s ties with Moscow without alienating the West.
Sajith Kumar draws attention to the plight of children caught up in the war, amid reports of death and trauma potentially scarring them for life.
Alok Nirantar refers to reports of Indians stranded on Ukraine’s borders saying that help from India had not been forthcoming. One student directed her complaint at PM Narendra Modi, saying that he is perhaps busy with the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.