UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE

London reads the embassy warning as a breach of threshold. The Independent's real-time coverage focuses on the double news: Moscow threatens foreign missions in Kyiv while continuing to strike Ukrainian civilians — two women killed in a Sumy kindergarten. The paper reports that Zakharova personally urged governments to treat the warning 'with the utmost responsibility' and that Russian forces launched nearly 100 drones at Ukraine overnight on May 6-7. The Independent also reveals a major diplomatic development: US envoys Witkoff and Kushner, who had traveled to Moscow multiple times, are set to meet Umerov in Florida — the first direct meeting with the Ukrainian side in weeks. British coverage also highlights the shadow fleet: Sweden detained the Jin Hui, a tanker sailing under a Syrian flag and listed on EU, UK and Ukrainian sanctions lists, suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet. Five seizures in recent weeks by Swedish coast guard in the Baltic Sea. The dominant British angle: Russia's escalation is methodical and will only be contained by a firm response — in kind, says Zelensky.