Newspaper headlines: 'Stop Putin or dissolve yourself', Zelensky tells UN

The Daily Telegraph and the Guardian lead on President Zelensky's plea to the UN Security Council to hold Russia accountable for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

"Stop Putin or Dissolve Yourself" is the Telegraph's headline. The paper's leader column questions whether the Security Council is fit for purpose - because it says nations that have long been guilty of terrible breaches of international norms can block moves to discipline them.

The Guardian describes footage from the war's frontline that was shown to the council following President Zelensky's address. The paper says the small details stung: red nail varnish on limp fingers, and dropped keys next to a blackened hand.

The front pages of the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror show a two year-old Ukrainian girl, whose name, date of birth and contact details have been written on her back. The Mirror says it was the idea of the child's mother, in case they were separated as Russian forces closed in on Kyiv.

The Daily Mail pictures a six year-old Ukrainian boy standing at his mother's graveside. The paper leads on a plea by Boris Johnson to the Russian people, in which he describes the alleged atrocities as a stain on Russia's honour.

The Times highlights efforts by the UK, the US and Australia to develop hypersonic missiles, after Russia reportedly used the technology in combat for the first time in Ukraine.

The paper says a security pact between the three countries is being expanded to include co-operation on the weapons, which travel at more than five times the speed of sound.

The Financial Times says the deal is aimed at countering a rapid military expansion by China which - according to the paper - has "leapt ahead" in the development of hypersonic technology.

The Sun leads on claims that Roman Abramovich has been asking friends to loan him money to help pay his staff, because of the impact of international sanctions. The Times says he's gone cap in hand to friends in the US - including Hollywood executives and Wall Street financiers.

But the Sun reports that so far, no-one has given him the money. Its headline..."Red Rom Kicked in Roubles".

The Daily Telegraph reports the Treasury has blocked plans put forward by Downing Street, and the business secretary, to spend £200m a year extra on making homes more energy-efficient.

A source complains to the paper that the Treasury has been removing lines from the energy strategy that have spending implications, and describes the situation as "ridiculous".

Allies of Rishi Sunak tell the paper it's right to scrutinise every extra penny proposed for spending.

Some of the papers pick up on the results of a study suggesting that, even though fungi may appear to be silent, they could in fact be "champignon communicators", to use the Guardian's pun.

Analysis of electrical signals - seemingly sent to one another through long underground filaments - has apparently identified patterns with a striking similarity to human speech.

Fungi have something akin to a vocabulary of up to 50 words, and - according to the Sun - they're most likely chatting about the weather.

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