Scotland’s papers: Russia accused of crime of the centuries and council strike

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Several papers lead with Voldymyr Zelensky’s comments likening Vladimir Putin’s offensive in Ukraine to the actions of the Nazis, as well as reports that civilians are being forced to relocate to Russia. “Russia accused of genocide” is the Times’ headline as fighting in the besieged south-eastern city of Mariupol escalated. A school believed to have been sheltering about 400 people was bombed by Russian forces, the paper reports. Olha Stefanishyna, a deputy prime minister, accused Russia of genocide and of forcibly abducting thousands of Mariupol’s residents, the paper adds.

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Ukrainian authorities allege that civilians have been transported deep inside Russia to remote cities hundreds of miles from the border, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Kremlin on Sunday gave Ukraine a deadline to surrender Mariupol by Monday morning UK-time. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she was shocked by Russian atrocities in the Black Sea port, “including attacks on…

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