Russia has been condemned by leaders around the globe for shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine as the US told the UN Security Council that the world had “narrowly averted a catastrophe”, says The Independent.
The Daily Star leads with the death of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at the age of 52 following a suspected heart attack.
The Daily Express calls on Putin to stop the suffering as his bombardment of Ukraine continues.
Russia’s forces have intensified their devastating campaign of artillery and airstrikes against civilian
areas of Ukraine, with NATO warning “worse was still to come”, according to The Guardian.
The Times reports from the Ukrainian president’s home city of Kryvyi Rih, where a blunt message scrawled across
a banner on a bridge read “Welcome to Hell, Russian Occupant”, with local people expressing their readiness to fight for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that “radioactive clouds” could spread over Europe if the West does not act following Russia’s unprecedented assault on a nuclear power plant, writes The Daily Telegraph.
The UK has launched
a three-year visa scheme to
help Ukrainian war refugees, with the Daily Mail saying those with a family connection to Britain
were initially offered a 12-month stay, but
that has now been tripled – and the criteria
widened to ensure more Ukrainians are eligible.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric” combat tactics in Ukraine
triggered global alarm after
his forces captured Europe’s largest
nuclear plant in an assault that briefly
set fire to a building in the complex, reports the Financial Times.