On the front page: War in Ukraine, one year later

By Brad Needham

After months of threats, of world leaders warning an invasion of Ukraine was imminent, one year ago today, Feb. 24, 2022, Russia began an unprovoked war. Many thought the super power would roll over Ukraine. But one year later the war continues, with surprisingly little change, other than the tragic and large-scale loss of life on both sides and massive destruction in Ukraine. One year ago, the invasion dominated newspaper front pages. It dominated it for weeks. But, as happens with long-running stories, it started to fall off the front, and move inside newspapers, or down media home pages. Certain events would bring it back to the front. Media have tried to keep the war in the collective consciousness. Today, one year since the invasion, the sombre anniversary has brought the war back to newspaper front pages all over the world.

As I Tweeted out a few pages today, as a journalist, for a second, I debated the hashtag #RussiaInvadedUkraine, worried about showing bias. But reporting facts is not bias. Russia invaded Ukraine. And newspapers have not shied away from that.

Today, Poland delivered the first Leopard tank to Ukraine. Most of the world still stands behind Ukraine.

Here is a selection of some of the stronger front pages marking the anniversary.

Jyllands-Posten front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Jyllands-Posten front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Viby, Denmark

Dagens Nyheter front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Dagens Nyheter front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Stockholm

The New York Times front page, Feb. 24, 2023

The New York Times front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Newspaper front pages from when the war began

Toronto Star front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Toronto Star front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Augsburger Allgemeine front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Augsburger Allgemeine front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Augsburg, Germany

Het Financieele Dagblad front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Het Financieele Dagblad front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Amsterdam

National Post front page, Feb. 24, 2023

National Post front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Canada

Folha De S.Paulo front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Folha De S.Paulo front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Sao Paulo, Brazil

De Morgen front page, Feb. 24, 2023

De Morgen front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Brussels

Algemeen Dagblad front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Algemeen Dagblad front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Luxemburger Wort front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Luxemburger Wort front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

de Volkskrant front page, Feb. 24, 2023

de Volkskrant front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Amsterdam

Der Tagesspiegel front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Der Tagesspiegel front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Berlin

Ara front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Ara front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Barcelona, Spain

Kleine Zeitung front page, Feb. 24, 2023

Kleine Zeitung front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Graz, Austria

The Indianapolis Star front page, Feb. 24, 2023

The Indianapolis Star front page, Feb. 24, 2023, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s