A ubiquitous Putin and a Rishi Sunak cameo: The week in 6 cartoons from around the world

The Washington Post's cartoon features Vladimir Putin riding a horse's skeleton alluding to the Bucha massacre. (Image: @AnnTelnaes/Twitter)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is back to being the inspiration behind several cartoons this week as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine spreads death and devastation for over a month. Putin has called the Russian offensive in Ukraine a “special military operation” that has left millions displaced from the former Soviet republic and thousands dead.

British Chancellor Rishi Sunak also features in a cartoon amid piling pressure and attacks on his wife’s links to Infosys – the Indian tech giant has a small workforce in Russia. Britain has sanctioned Russia amid the war.

Here is a look at some powerful of the sketches of the week:

Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English newspaper, published a cartoon showing Vladimir Putin talking to a Russian soldier. The caption reads: "Go kill Ukrainians for Russia!". The illustration is by Serhiy Kolyada.

“Go kill Ukrainians for Russia!”
(Serhiy Kolyada: Putin mobilizes #Russia's "finest" to kill Ukrainians)#PutinWarCrimes #Putin #RussianUkrainianWar pic.twitter.com/DIF5auu8R6

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— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 6, 2022

The Washington Post's cartoon this week features Putin riding a horse's skeleton alluding to the Bucha massacre in Ukraine. A photo of the Russian President shirtless on a horse went viral a few years ago. The illustration is about Bucha, a Kyiv suburb were civilians were found shot point blank - a crime that Ukraine has attributed to Russian forces. The cartoon was made by Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist for the Washington Post.

Massacres of civilians are discovered in #Bucha , a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine.https://t.co/lhOXsfULES pic.twitter.com/ypBgxaO0hn

— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) April 5, 2022

This week's cartoon for The Times features Putin taking the scythe from the Grim Reaper or Death's hand as he walks off covered in blood. The Grim Reaper is seen gasping and covering his mouth shocked at Putin's actions referring to the atrocities in Ukraine.

Monday’s @thetimes cartoon https://t.co/32PxhMU9t2 pic.twitter.com/nq5js6N6rh

— Morten Morland (@mortenmorland) April 3, 2022

The Guardian

Martin Rowson had a cartoon about British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and money management.

Latest Graun toon up already https://t.co/22cF1svf3e

— Martin Rowson (@MartinRowson) April 8, 2022

Majalla's cartoon this week was also about the massacre in Ukraine's Bucha.

CARTOON: #BuchaMassacre

Illustrated by Jeannette Khouri pic.twitter.com/Smtp4Gtf0w

— MAJALLA (@the_majalla) April 8, 2022

The French satirical weekly magazine shared the illustration of the front page of their latest issue that features Putin. "Can Putin's drone win?" reads the headline.

Élysée 2022 : le drone de Poutine peut-il gagner ?

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En vente demain ! pic.twitter.com/FwNes43JoI

— Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) April 5, 2022