By BBC News
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Several front pages feature pictures of Boris Johnson and President Zelensky on the streets of Kyiv on Wednesday.
The Daily Telegraph and the Times highlight the prime minister's comment that Britons are paying for Russia's invasion through high energy prices while the Ukrainians are paying in blood.
The Telegraph warns, though, that economic pressures could be a severe test of the West's determination to stand up for democracy.
According to the Guardian, Russia has drawn up detailed plans to disconnect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from the Ukrainian power grid, risking a catastrophic failure of its cooling system.
The head of Ukraine's atomic energy company, Petro Kotin, tells the paper the Russians are shelling lines linking the plant to the grid.
He said the aim was to cause an emergency, which would then be used as an excuse to disconnect.
The Sun argues both the UK and the EU should stop giving tourist visas to Russians.
Its editorial admits that the move would be unfair on those opposed to Vladimir Putin, but says many of them have already fled Russia, and surveys show huge support among the remaining population for – what the paper calls – Putin's genocide.
"Freeze Our Bills Now!" is the Daily Mirror's front page headline, ahead of Friday's increase in the energy price cap.
The paper says plunging millions more households into fuel poverty could have been avoided if there was a functioning government.
It argues that Boris Johnson has – in effect – "clocked off before his shift is over" and his successor will not be in place for another 12 days.
The Times says NHS bosses are alarmed about Liz Truss's plan, to divert £10bn a year from the health service to social care, if she becomes prime minister.
An extra £36bn has been ring-fenced for health and social care over the next three years – of which less than £6bn is currently due to go towards care.
But Ms Truss has said she would use the entire amount to pay for care.
NHS leaders are warning that, if that happened, they would have no choice but to cut services, forcing patients to wait longer for treatment.
The Daily Mail leads on a deal to send Albanian migrants arriving here, in small boats from France, back to their home country.
The paper says the agreement with Albania means their asylum claims will be assessed immediately and those refused would be deported using chartered planes possibly "within hours."
Under the headline, "Labour's money troubles deepen", the i says Sir Keir Starmer has forced shadow cabinet members to stop fund-raising for themselves and, instead, is trying to centralise donations.
The paper says fighting three general elections in four years has already forced Labour to make job cuts, while relations with its main source of funding – trade unions – are increasingly strained.
And finally, the Times describes the shock of a family in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire, who were forced to use a broom to fight off an 18ft long snake trying to enter their bedroom through an open window.
The Burmese python was eventually collected by its owner, who lives a short distance away.
The RSPCA warned that snakes were "excellent escape artists" especially during the summer because they become more active in hot weather.
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