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Laughter during the war: Russian agression in Ukraine in political cartoons and memes
Modern wars differ from the classic ones in that they use not only military equipment and regular troops. Values, ideology, culture, symbols, media, humor are becoming weapons in the 21st century.
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Clash in the Oval Office

As the long-fraught relationship between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky ripped apart Wednesday, a question that lingered among both men’s allies was whether the fight would dash hopes for a US-brokered peace—or, potentially, help it along.

Zelensky had carefully sought to avoid a full rupture with his temperamental new counterpart in Washington for months. He arranged a meeting in the weeks ahead of last year’s election meant to allay some of the then-GOP nominee’s skepticism about US involvement in the war.

A high-profile meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his United States counterpart Donald Trump 28. 02. 2025 has devolved into a shouting match, as the two leaders clashed over the future of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Zelenskyy was the third European leader to visit Trump this week, after French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. But unlike those leaders, who took pains to praise Trump, Zelenskyy openly contradicted Trump and called Putin a “killer and terrorist”. Within minutes, the meeting was at an end. The war of words soon shifted to the internet, where each leader offered remarks on what transpired in the Oval Office. This war of words goes along with the war of images – a huge amount of memes and cartoons are spread around the world. Here are some of examples.