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UFOs Nearly Started World War 3? Soviet Nuclear Missiles 'Self-Activated' During 1982 Swarm

Newly disclosed Soviet-era documents claim UFOs may have interfered with nuclear missiles near Usovo in Ukraine in 1982, raising fears of a Cold War disaster. The account is dramatic and deeply unsettling, but the evidence described in the source material remains unverified.

International Business Times UK

‘I considered starting over as a farmer’: Masao Adachi on political cinema, revolution and Japan today

The director and ex-Japanese Red Army militant discusses his new film Escape, about the anarchist fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, the frustrations of radical film-making and progressive politics

The Guardian - UK

Sisu: Road to Revenge review – Finnish hero takes on a Red Army butcher in terrific sequel

Punchy, old-school stunt work, inventive baddie-splattering and a simple plot as our grizzled Finish prospector finds a new foe in his Soviet-occupied homeland

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Sisu sequel gets a blood-soaked trailer that pits the Finnish murder machine against the Red Army officer who killed his family

Sisu: Road to Revenge brings back the Finnish killing machine, though this time he's fighting a very different foe

Total Film

The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic States – archive, 1940

On 15 June 1940, the Red Army began the annexation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

The Guardian - UK

The world marks the 80th anniversary of V-E Day with parades and memorials. Here's what to know

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces

The Independent UK

I played the banned Skyrim mod that turns it into World War 2 and, no kidding, it's honestly kind of incredible

Skyrim belongs to the proletariat.

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Oleksandr Syrsky: The Ukrainian General Overseeing Kursk Incursion

Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrsky was born in Russia and studied in Moscow and yet he is leading an unprecedented assault on Russian territory.

International Business Times

Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

May 2024 was a noteworthy month for Russia’s military. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrey Belousov. Several military leaders were also arrested by the FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet KGB.

The Conversation

Soviet media downplayed the significance of the D-Day invasion

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited to participate in the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day held in France in 2019, he claimed it was “not a problem” because the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, “was not a game changer.”

The Conversation

Manchester United fans divided on Ten Hag but keep the splits hidden

Atmosphere against Arsenal showed that whether supporters want manager to stay or go, backing for team remains strong

The Guardian - UK

Russia Adds Zelenskyy To Wanted List Amid Political Tensions

Russia places Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and NATO officials on wanted list, citing unspecified charges. Kremlin links Ukraine to Nazism despite Jewish p...

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Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

Russian state media say Moscow has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, citing the interior ministry's database

The Independent UK

Notorious Japanese Fugitive Dies After 50 Years On The Run: Media

Long hair, youthful smile, thick glasses slightly askew: for decades, the black-and-white photo of one of Japan's most wanted fugitives has been a ubiquitous sight at police stations nationwide.

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A Soviet-era statue of a Red Army commander taken down in Kyiv

City workers in Kyiv have dismantled an equestrian statue of a Red Army commander

The Conversation

Russia's disastrous decision to invade Poland in 1920 has parallels with Putin's rhetoric over Ukraine

From the beginning, Russia has framed its invasion of Ukraine as necessary for the defence of the country. According to Vladimir Putin, Nato’s deliberate and aggressive encroachment into a region once dominated by Moscow is to blame, as the west seeks to dismember Russia. By extension, Ukraine – a country,…

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Watch owned by last Chinese emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi sells for $9.4 million at Hong Kong auction

The rare Patek Philippe watch belonged to Qing Dynasty emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi, who reigned from the age of 2 and was captured by the Red Army in 1945.

The Independent UK

Ukraine flags block Russian ambassador's path on Victory Day

A large installation representing Russian atrocities in Ukraine blocked the path of Russia’s ambassador to Poland as he sought to lay a wreath at a Warsaw memorial to Soviet soldiers

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War shadows Victory Day, Russia's integral holiday

Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, and it lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude

Reuters

Russia scraps popular WW2 processions this year because of security threat - lawmaker

Security concerns have prompted Russian authorities this year to cancel traditional nationwide Victory Day processions where people carry portraits of relatives who fought against Nazi Germany in World War Two, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Daily Record

5 things in Alan Burrows Aberdeen inbox as chief executive gets feet under desk on first day at Pittodrie

Dons chairman Dave Cormack has put his trust in Burrows to steady the ship at Pittodrie on and off the field.

The Guardian - UK

Hans Modrow obituary

Last communist prime minister of East Germany whose proposals for a slow process of reunification were pushed aside

The Independent UK

Putin commemorates Stalingrad battle, echoing Ukraine fight

Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi forces in the battle of Stalingrad

Reuters

Putin evokes Stalingrad to predict victory over 'new Nazism' in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces at Stalingrad 80 years ago to declare on Thursday that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.

Reuters

New monument to Soviet leader Stalin unveiled ahead of WW2 anniversary

A new bust of Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been unveiled in Volgograd ahead of Wednesday's 80th anniversary of the Red Army's defeat of Nazi invaders in the bloodiest battle of World War Two.

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