Headline: Sailor Kisses Skeleton On Russian Victory Day Amid Ukraine War Death
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Credit: NRC Handelsblad / Cagle.com via Getty Images
Source: Cagle Cartoons
Byline: Hajo de Reijger
Byline Title: Editorial Cartoonist
Create Date: 20220507
Headline: Sailor Kisses Skeleton On Russian Victory Day Amid Ukraine War Death
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Caption: HAARLEM, NETHERLANDS - MAY 7: In this satirical editorial cartoon titled "Victory Day" by Hajo de Reijger, published by NRC Handelsblad via Cagle Cartoons, a U.S. Navy sailor in uniform and hat is depicted dipping and kissing a skeletal figure dressed in a striped shirt, parodying the iconic V-J Day in Times Square photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse at the end of World War II, but replacing the nurse with a skeleton to symbolize death. The cartoon addresses the topic of Russia's Victory Day celebrations on May 9th commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, juxtaposed against the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with the cartoonist conveying the grim irony and hollowness of "victory" in modern Russian conflicts, where celebrations of past liberation are overshadowed by current death, destruction, and the loss of life in an unjust war, highlighting the macabre reality of Putin's military actions. (Illustration by Hajo de Reijger / NRC Handelsblad / Cagle Cartoons via Getty Images)
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Copyright: Copyright - 2025 Hajo de Reijger
City: Haarlem
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Country/Country Code: NLD / Netherlands
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