Street celebrations broke out in breakaway republics, which Ukraine claims as its own after President Putin said Moscow will “immediately recognize the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

China Daily says United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed his deep concern over Russia’s decision on the status of Donetsk and Lugansk of Ukraine.

The Independent’s front splash reports Chris Whitty warns of new variants as PM lifts restrictions, free testing will be scrapped in April.

The prime minister is telling Britons to treat COVID-19 the same as the flu, Metro says. The paper’s front page also pays tribute to Jamal Edwards MBE.

The Guardian reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his country on a collision course with the West over Ukraine.

It’s “time to get our confidence back” – the Daily Express leads with the end of COVID-19 restrictions, as well as the latest from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

The Sun reveals that Kate Garraway’s husband, who is struggling to recover from COVID-19, has gone to Mexico for a medical trial.

Free lateral flow tests will be scrapped, the Daily Mirror reports. The paper reports that free tests will also be axed in ‘PM’s bonfire of virus safeguards’.

The Guardian says The “first barrage of UK economic sanctions against Russia” will be announced on Tuesday, Boris Johnson said.

The Independent says A five-year-old boy was murdered by his mother, step-father and a teenager before his body was dumped in a river “like fly-tipped rubbish”, a court has heard.