The Guardian reports that Russian forces have tightened their stranglehold on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and carried out amphibious assaults on the country’s Black Sea coast.
The Times leads with the story of a “dark day for Europe” after Russian forces laid siege to Kyiv following a lightning attack”.
Western leaders fear Vladimir Putin could unleash thermobaric rockets on Ukraine after fierce resistance slowed the Russian army’s advance, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Fearless Ukrainians have put on an “astonishing show of defiance” against Russian troops, the paper says.
The paper’s front page says Ukraine is bracing for devastating new Russian attacks with “super-weapons”.