Metro

Metro reports that Boris Johnson has said he has “absolutely no problem” with putting national insurance tax up for millions of workers as energy bills and shop prices soar. 

Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s envoy to the UN, left delegates at the Security Council in shock after he claimed that Russia invaded Ukraine to bring peace to the country, the Metro writes.He also claimed Ukrainians butchered their own people in a rant over war crimes.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian troops are slaughtering civilians for “pleasure”, including Olga Sukhenko, who was the mayor of the village of Motyzhyn, the Metro writes. 

 The Metro features quotes from Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, who has branded Russia “worse than ISIS”. Mr Kuleba was quoted saying that Vladimir Putin’s army has killed civilians “because they wanted to” and the number of civilian deaths has “gone into hundreds”. 

Metro leads with energy firms’ websites crashing as customers rush to submit meter readings before the price cap increases.

A Conservative backbencher has come out as Britain’s first openly transgender MP and revealed how he was raped and blackmailed, reports the Metro.

Hopes of peace in Ukraine have been given a boost after Russia vowed to scale back its military onslaught, Metro reports.

Prince Andrew is set to make his first public appearance with the Royal Family since settling his US sex abuse case, reports Metro.

Ukrainians in the northern city of Chernihiv are facing starvation, reports Metro.

Metro’s top story is on sanctions being imposed on the stepdaughter of Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.