the guardian report the situation in ukraine a state of emergency as the us warns putin is ready to invade. the i also report on the state of emergency in ukraine as it feels a knot of fear . the ft says that brussels hits putin s inner circle as us hardens it s invasion warning to russia. meanwhile, the metro report that putin has gone full tonto in response to comments made by defence secretary ben wallace over the russian president sending troops into ukraine. meanwhile, the telegraph say that chancellor rishi sunak vows to slash the tax burden. but not just yet. the daily mirror simply say, welcome to hell. so, let s begin. with the guardian if we can and operate let s begin with you because the front page is leading with ukraine. it is still moving with developments obviously coming in all the time on this. but everyone is warning of a potentially imminent threat here. warning of a potentially imminent threat here-
works but the question is, if it doesn t work, if it fails, what decisions will be called for? i don t know. i hope we don t come to that but some preliminary thinking might be needed. like that but some preliminary thinking might be needed. that but some preliminary thinking might be needed. like so many, you are ho-tin might be needed. like so many, you are hoping against might be needed. like so many, you are hoping against hope might be needed. like so many, you are hoping against hope maybe i might be needed. like so many, you are hoping against hope maybe that| are hoping against hope maybe that there could be a diplomatic way out of this escalating crisis, but thanks forjoining us. in the uk, the prime minister defended the scale of british sanctions announced yesterday against three russian billionares and five banks, after the opposition labour party and some of the prime minister s conservative mps said they didn t go far enough. we ll talk more about sanctions in a mome