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Stocks sink and commodity prices soar as sanctions against Putin bite

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Cash crisis hits Moscow as rates hiked to shore up collapsing rouble

Cost at home: Russian police detain an anti-war protester, above. Left, Vladimir Putin

We need Britain's help, says woman sheltering in metro as ‘100,000 flee'

A TERRIFIED young woman using Kyiv’s subway as a bomb shelter today pleaded with Britain to send urgent help, as thousands of Ukrainian refugees fled to the border away from Russian troops and tanks.

UK firms down tools and scramble to protect staff in Ukraine warzone

COMPANIES are closing operations in Ukraine and scrambling to rescue staff in the face of advancing Russian troops.

Townsend hopes Darge makes it a day of the jackal

SCOTLAND hope rookie flanker Rory Darge’s pace and breakdown prowess can run France’s giant pack off their feet and end their Grand Slam charge.

Thousands are arrested after anti-war protests on streets of Russia

RUSSIANS shocked by the invasion of Ukraine have turned out by the thousands for street protests in Moscow and other cities.

PUTIN BRINGS TERROR TO KYIV

‘I am target No 1’: Defiant president vows to stay in Kyiv

Newspapers around the world react to military assault

RUSSIA’S military assault on Ukraine has dominated newspaper headlines across the world.

Why this is a special day for England to lay down marker

TOMORROW we have another Six Nations Saturday that fills me — and so many other rugby fans —with so much excitement.

‘City needs a reckoning over statues of slavers'

EDWARD COLSTON’S statue being dumped in the Bristol harbour was the defining moment of anti-racism protests in 2020, but a historian has suggested if it had been located in the City of London, the statue would never have come down.

Europe, can you hear us? We'll fight but need arms

KYIV’S residents are still in a state of shock and anger as Russian missiles continued to hit the city for a second night and morning.

John Lewis drops time-honoured slogan

JOHN Lewis is scrapping its famous Never Knowingly Undersold pledge, in place for almost 100 years.

CEO of British Gas owner waives £1.1m bonus as household heating bills surge

Get a grip: Centrica is calling for “stronger prudential regulation” to make sure gas and electricity suppliers are “fit and proper”

Fears of huge new refugee crisis as Kiev metro becomes a bomb shelter

THOUSANDS of Ukrainians were trying to flee to safety today amid warnings that the Russian invasion could trigger one of the biggest refugee crises in history.

Missile barrage as Russia strikes by land, sea and air

Casualties ‘on both sides’ amid reports of troops being parachuted in

PM calls for urgent Nato summit as he condemns ‘catastrophic' invasion

BORIS JOHNSON today led world leaders in condemning Vladimir Putin’s “unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine, branding it a “catastrophe for our continent”. The Prime Minister warned that the UK and Nato allies would “respond decisively” to the Russian President’s “chosen path of bloodshed and destruction”.

Putin's army has committed more than half his combat power

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S main line of attack is on Donbas, to defend and expand the territory controlled by the breakaway governments of Luhansk and Donetsk. This is being matched by bombardment of nearby ports on the Black Sea, Mariupol and Odessa, the third biggest city.

Rolls-Royce chief departs having engineered FTSE giant's recovery

ROLLS-ROYCE boss Warren East is stepping down after seven turbulent years.

Stocks plunge as Russian invasion shocks markets

WAR in Ukraine and the prospect of sanctions against Russia sent shockwaves through the City today, as investors braced for higher inflation and weaker growth.

Ukraine and the spectre of the mushroom cloud

IN NORMAL times, I tell you what I’d be doing today. I’d be having a ritual bonfire of my mask collection to celebrate Freedom Day, my appreciation of the event enhanced by coming back from Rome, where I nearly suffocated with the things. Or I’d be thinking bad thoughts about next week’s Tube strike.

Rio hands out record £12.4bn dividend as iron ore prices soar

SKY-HIGH iron ore prices have enabled Rio Tinto to deliver one of the largest annual dividends in corporate history.

LUKAKU FACING BATTLE TO EARN FINAL RECALL

TUCHEL CASTS DOUBT OVER STAR’S CHELSEA FUTURE

If you go down to the woods today... Kate's adventure with schoolkids

THE Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a taste of the great outdoors today as she split firewood with children in Denmark.

How to solve a problem like Lukaku? Drop him!

Tuchel’s decision to play Havertz as central striker reignites his team

Flattened: Apple store gunman who took Brit hostage

A SIEGE at the Amsterdam Apple Store — with hostages reportedly including a 44-year-old British man — ended when police drove a car into the gunman as he fled.

F1 and hypercar fail to spark up Aston Martin

THE sputtering performance of Aston Martin Lagonda shares continued today despite a year featuring a return to Formula One and the first sales of a £2.4 million hypercar.

Doghouse bombarded from space among lots at meteorite auction

A SLICE of meteorite that fell on the Cotswolds and a dog kennel punctured by a falling fireball in Costa Rica are among lots going under the hammer at an unusual sale at Christie’s.

Baby, it's cold outside… but less is more for Gen Z

HAS fashion lost it? The city seems to be dressing for the climate it wants, not the climate it has.

Good news for Sunak as government stops borrowing

THE Chancellor got some good news today ahead of his spring statement next month, with new data showing public finances in a better-than-expected position.

Defence is best form of attack for Blues in Europe

CHELSEA’S defence of their European crown starts for real tonight, with the unavoidable question hanging over Thomas Tuchel’s side: can they do it again?