The front pages in Britain and around the world are devoted to the shocking events in Ukraine, with graphic images of the destruction unleashed by Vladimir Putin.
A photograph of a woman with a bloodied and bandaged head in the wake of a Russian attack dominates the front of the Guardian with the headline “Putin invades”.
Guardian front page, Friday 25 February 2022: Putin invades pic.twitter.com/byor4AqWCU
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 24, 2022
The picture appears set to become a defining image of the conflict and features on many other front pages, including the Mirror which juxtaposes the injured civilian with the “power-crazed” Russian president: “Her blood … his hands”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Her blood... his hands #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/UL7tQTkp9h pic.twitter.com/KsvnZ8HkkQ
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 24, 2022
The Sun goes for almost exactly the same formulation with “Her blood on his hands”.
On tomorrow's front page: pic.twitter.com/UcUucLehlv
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 24, 2022
The closeup image of the injured woman is used in the same way by the German tabloid, Bild, which goes with the headline: “Putins blood”.
The Express also has the picture and the headline “Redrawing map of Europe in blood”.
Friday’s Express: “Redrawing map of Europe in blood” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/vAFZSsJ5be pic.twitter.com/GBTLrIeCrS
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 24, 2022
The Daily Mail, meanwhile, reports that “Putin to seize capital in days”, and also features a photograph of a mother and her young child as they attempt to flee Kyiv by bus.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/GaTRugxkFU
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 24, 2022
The Telegraph goes with the headline “New cold war as Putin strikes”, and also carries an opinion piece by its columnist Fraser Nelson calling this “Europe’s 9/11”. He says “naivety” has left us exposed to the threat of Putin, which was hiding in plain sight.
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 24, 2022
'New cold war as Putin strikes'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Financial Times’ splash headline says “Putin’s forces storm Ukraine” and it also carries a story on its front noting that former leaders of Italy and Austria are among those now resigning from the boards of Russian companies.
Tomorrow’s #FT Front Page ..
— Charterhouse Square (@CharterhouseSq) February 24, 2022
incl. story on former leaders resigning from Russian boards.
btw, #BP’s CEO currently remains on #Rosneft boardhttps://t.co/ZknZ1f54yd#BP is “one of the biggest foreign investors in #Russia”
& owns 19.75% of Rosneft shares https://t.co/NCTcUTbXx0 pic.twitter.com/TeUCDA0LUE
The Metro has “War in Europe” which is a label that translates very well across the continent. Among the other papers choosing this stark headline is Süddeutsche Zeitung: “Krieg in Europa”.
The French paper Libération has a similarly simple headline on its front page laid over a picture of a huge explosion somewhere in Ukraine: “L’impensable”, it says, “the unthinkable” fact of a major war in Europe.
À la une de Libération ce vendredi :
— Libération (@libe) February 24, 2022
🔴 L’impensable https://t.co/nj2k4mQp7h #Ukraine #Russie pic.twitter.com/o6TXKeVNHM
In Spain, El Pais’s front page says “Putin lanza un ataque masivo contra Ucrania”, or, “Putin launches massive attack against Ukraine”.
The American papers managed to report the story in their Thursday editions and the New York Times’ headline reads “Russia attacks as Putin warns world; Biden vows to hold him accountable”.
The front page of The New York Times for Feb. 24, 2022.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2022
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The LA Times says “Ukraine under attack”.
