Newspaper Round Up: 2nd of March 2022
Daily Star Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:50 pm
The Daily Star leads with reports that Russian missiles have “indiscriminately killed men, women and children” as they rained down on Ukraine.
Times Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:50 pm
Russian missiles struck a television tower next to the burial site of thousands of Jews murdered by the Nazis as Moscow warned people to leave Kyiv before heavy aerial bombardment, The Times reports.
Daily Express Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:45 pm
Vladimir Putin’s “bloody war intensified after a 40-mile column of Russian tanks edged closer to Kyiv”, the Daily Express reports
Daily Mirror Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:41 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukrainians would fight to the death as Moscow’s forces closed in on Kyiv, the Daily Mirror reports.
Daily Mail Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:28 pm
The world was “praying for Kyiv last night after Boris Johnson warned Vladimir Putin planned to reduce it to rubble”, the Daily Mail reports.
Guardian Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:15 pm
The Guardian leads with the story of how the “piercing screams of children” and “the barking of traumatised dogs” could be heard during the “desperate rush for the last train from Kyiv”.
Daily Telegraph Front Page 2nd of March 2022
10:11 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “begged the West to stop a genocide in Ukraine after Russia intensified its bombing campaign”, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Metro Front Page 2nd of March 2022
9:26 pm
The world has shown its “contempt for Russia” after UN diplomats walked out of a conference as Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister blamed Ukraine for its invasion, the Metro reports.
Financial Times Front Page 2nd of March 2022
9:01 pm
China signalled it was “ready to play a role in finding a ceasefire in Ukraine as Russia unleashed devastating attacks on Kyiv”, the Financial Times reports.