2022-03-16
Independent Front Page 16th of March 2022
Volodymr Zelenskyy’s apparent admission that Ukraine may not end up joining NATO makes the front of The Independent.
Volodymr Zelenskyy’s apparent admission that Ukraine may not end up joining NATO makes the front of The Independent.
The fresh sanctions against Russia are on the front of the Financial Times, which says the West has turned up the heat on oligarchs and the military.
The Metro leads with the fresh sanctions slapped on Russian oligarchs by the UK, as well as the export of luxury goods into the country.
A historian has claimed the Turin shroud is actually a tablecloth made in Burton upon Trent, the Daily Star says.
About 44,000 offers were received within six hours from families with spare rooms and organisations providing places under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, The Times says.
The Daily Mail describes the 44,000 Britons who have already offered their homes to Ukrainian refugees as “amazing”.
The Daily Express leads with claims a number of former British special forces soldiers have been killed in Ukraine.
Boris Johnson says the West made a “terrible mistake” by continuing to rely on Russian oil and gas after the 2014 invasion of Crimea, The Daily Telegraph writes.
The Guardian says Ukrainian prosecutors claims 90 children had now died in the conflict with the UN confirming 636 civilian deaths. The real toll is expected to be much higher.