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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad alludes to India’s abstention from a UN Security Council vote on a resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. This was far from a first for New Delhi, which made similar decisions several times during the Cold War when it was a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Alok Nirantar also draws on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and illustrates Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — whose resistance has earned him worldwide attention —holding his ground against the bigger and more powerful Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sajith Kumar comments on the United States’ attempts to drum up global support for action against Russia as countries like India took a more neutral stance and the European Union initially hesitated — largely due to German reluctance — to boot Moscow’s banks out of the SWIFT financial system, before finally moving to do so.
Satish Acharya refers to Russia’s offer to hold talks — now ongoing — with Ukrainian officials in Belarus, while there has been no halt to its military campaign. The tank-moustache is an obvious reference to Adolf Hitler.
Amid reports of stranded Indian students being attacked by Ukrainian border guards while attempting to cross into Poland, Manjul takes a dig at how Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being projected as a powerful world leader who could help to end the war.
Nala Ponnappa also comments on the war in Ukraine, while punning on nyet, the Russian word for ‘no’.