Monday’s main updates on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine – as Russian forces call for an “immoral” ceasefire, after heavy shelling of residential areas in key cities.
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The Metro says Donald Trump has suggested the US military could disguise its aircraft using Chinese flags and then use them to bomb Russia.
The Guardian says TikTok restricts service in Russia and Netflix stops streaming – as western companies continue to pull out of the country.
The Guardian says Spain’s interior minister has defended the behaviour of police who were filmed beating and pepper-spraying a young sub-Saharan African man.
Sky News says Britons have donated more than £100m to provide aid to Ukrainians fleeing the war after an appeal was launched by the UK DEC.
Euronews says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will not forgive Russia for all the victims and suffering the war it started had caused.
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 Guardian says a fire burned for several hours at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Sky News says Two UK supermarket chains have removed a Russian vodka brand from sale with immediate effect.
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.
BBC Sport says Six months ago Yuriy Vernydub was celebrating, his team had just produced one of the great Champions League shocks, beating Real Madrid 2-1.
The Independent says At least 6,500 people have been arrested in Russia during protests against the Ukrainian invasion, it’s claimed.
The Independent says German authorities have seized a massive yacht belonging to billionaire Alisher Usmanov at a shipyard in Hungary.
Euronews says the bodies of seven suspected migrants have been found on the shore of the Greek island of Lesbos, the coastguard has said.
France24 says Former justice minister Christiane Taubira pulled out of France’s presidential race on Wednesday, acknowledging her failure to collect enough signatures.
The Metro says the Ukrainian government has accused Russia of perpetrating a ‘genocide’ after reporting a hospital had been damaged in a missile strike.
The Metro says Russia says its soldiers have captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on day seven of its invasion.
The Guardian says China has signalled its willingness to play a mediator role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the war entered its sixth day.
Sky News says Russia has told people in Kyiv to leave their homes ahead of strikes on key targets – as Moscow’s advance on the capital “stalled”.
The Guardian says Airbnb has said it will offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine, joining a swathe of companies offering support and donations following the Russian invasion.
Euronews says Ukraine’s Navy has said that 13 border guards defending Snake Island are alive and have been captured by Russia.
Evening Standard says a massive convoy of Russian military armour stretching for 40 miles is advancing on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, satellite images showed on Tuesday.
Arab News says Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation on Monday instructed all airlines operating at airports in the Kingdom to exempt all Saudis traveling from Ukraine.