The Sun – Putin is the extreme gangster
Author: WTX News Editor
Daily Express – In God’s name Putin, stop the suffering
Russian president Putin prompts fear of ‘worst to come’ for Ukraine is the headline on the front splash of the Guardian.
Ukraine warned ‘worst to come’ as attacks intensify is the front page of the Independent.
A million refugees in a week is the Metro’s front page headline – a week after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Guardian says Greater Manchester police (GMP) have paid out £8,000 to a woman who reported being drugged and raped, only to be pressed into dropping the case.
The Independent says Russia has passed a new law meaning citizens who spread what it described as “fake” information about the military can be jailed for up to 15 years.
The Metro says A Russian Foreign Intelligence chief has claimed that the country no longer sees its ‘war’ with the West as cold – and instead branded the situation ‘hot’.
The Independent says Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have said they will match donations of $3m (£2.3m) to help aide Ukrainian refugees.
The Metro says Kim Kardashian has made her single status Instagram official amid her ongoing divorce from Kanye West.
The Metro says Commuters are facing another morning of travel chaos, with Tube services still largely suspended following yesterday’s 24-hour strike by London Underground workers.
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The Metro says Europe’s biggest power plant has been seized by Russian troops in Ukraine, according to local authorities.
The Independent says Western ministers will hold crisis talks as Vladimir Putin steps up his assault on Ukraine’s cities.
The Independent says Headteachers and teachers’ leaders have expressed their “shock” and “surprise” over the news that former education secretary Gavin Williamson has been awarded a knighthood.
The Independent says Police have been granted extra time to question a man suspected of the murders of a man and woman who were stabbed to death in Gloucestershire.
The Guardian says Labour have won the byelection in Birmingham Erdington with a majority of 3,266.
The Guardian says a fire burned for several hours at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.
The Guardian says access to BBC websites has been restricted in Russia, hours after the corporation brought back its shortwave radio service in Ukraine.
Friday’s front pages.
Sky News says Two UK supermarket chains have removed a Russian vodka brand from sale with immediate effect.
Russian forces seized nuclear plant Zaporizhzhia Russian troops have seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian authorities say. “Operational personnel are monitoring the condition of power units,” a local authority said on social media, quoted by Reuters news agency. Station personnel continue to work and monitor the state of the power units, it said. A fire broke out at the plant earlier – Europe’s largest – after a Russian shelling attack. ……………………………………… Kyiv air…
France24 says Rules requiring people to show a Covid-19 vaccine passport to access venues will be lifted in France on March 14.
Euronews says a fire which broke out after an overnight attack by Russian forces on a Ukrainian power plant has been extinguished.
Aljazeera says Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to sit down for direct talks.