Russian President Vladimir Putin appears seated inside an open coffin that doubles as a long dining table in the cartoon. He holds a fork and knife over a plate containing a single bone. A single wilting flower stands in a small vase near his setting. The coffin lid bears the handwritten label Anniversary Dinner. A red pool spreads from the base of the casket onto the white background.

The drawing was published February 22, 2023, two days before the first anniversary of the February 24, 2022, invasion. At that time Russian forces remained stalled in eastern Ukraine after suffering heavy losses in the failed Kyiv offensive. Western governments had supplied tanks and other heavy weapons to Ukrainian forces while imposing broad sanctions on Moscow. The cartoon links the human cost of the stalled campaign to the Russian leader's position.

The coffin setting underscores the death toll while the solitary meal and rude gesture portray isolation. The bone on the plate and the blood at the base reinforce the theme of casualties without additional figures or battlefield scenes. The image captures the public narrative in late February 2023 that the invasion had produced far more Russian losses than anticipated and had damaged the Kremlin's standing.