<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Soviet Union Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:41:55 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[The 'masterpiece' anti-war film that is 'impossible to forget']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/285x214/2180439_1.jpg"/><br><br>One fan gave it a 10/10, hailing it as a must-see "masterpiece" about "the madness of war".<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:12:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Chris Samuel]]></author><category>Films</category><media:keywords>Belarus, War movies, Soviet Union, Germany, World War 2, Films (section), YouTube, Come and See, Elem Klimov, anti-war film, Belarus WWII</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/2180439_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The film is held up as an all-time-great anti-war story]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[YouTube/Film Forum/JANUS FILMS]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/237x141/2180439_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The film is held up as an all-time-great anti-war story]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[YouTube/Film Forum/JANUS FILMS]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motherland star in first-look at 'thrilling' spin-off to 'greatest modern sci-fi show']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/285x214/2176030_1.jpg"/><br><br>Apple TV has just dropped the first-look at its upcoming spin-off to hit alternate history drama For All Mankind.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Lucas Hill-Paul]]></author><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:keywords>Apple TV, Space, Moon, Soviet Union, Star City, For All Mankind, Alternate History Sci-Fi, for all mankind spinoff, for all mankind season 5, star city series, star city release date, what is star city about, best sci fi shows, best scifi shows</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/2176030_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Motherland star in first-look at spin-off to 'greatest modern sci-fi show']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[APPLE TV]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/237x141/2176030_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Motherland star in first-look at spin-off to 'greatest modern sci-fi show']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[APPLE TV]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soviet troops 'turned to stone' by angry aliens after shooting down UFO]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/285x214/2170109_1.jpg"/><br><br>Declassified CIA file details claims from Ukrainian newspaper that soldiers fired missile at craft in Siberia, only to be petrified by its vengeful occupants<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Daniel Smith]]></author><category>Weird</category><media:keywords>Russia, Aliens, Soviet Union, UFO</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/590x/2170109_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Remains of the UFO and the petrified troops were transferred to a secret scientific research institution]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/237x141/2170109_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Remains of the UFO and the petrified troops were transferred to a secret scientific research institution]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers turned to stone by angry aliens and 'jellyfish' UFO in Soviet X-Files]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/285x214/2169612_1.jpg"/><br><br>Newly published documents detail investigations into strange aerial phenomena, including several close encounters<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Daniel Smith]]></author><category>Weird</category><media:keywords>Aliens, Russia, Cold War, Soviet Union, Weird (section)</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/590x/2169612_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The soldiers were turned into stone pillars, accoording to reports]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/237x141/2169612_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The soldiers were turned into stone pillars, accoording to reports]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA['Most underrated' war movie ever boasts 'grandest battle sequence in cinema history']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/285x214/2167595_1.jpg"/><br><br>One fan said: "Nothing in film today can compare to those battle scenes."<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Chris Samuel]]></author><category>Films</category><media:keywords>War movies, Soviet Union, war film, war and peace, film, 1965, iconic, classic, War and Peace, Soviet film, underrated war movie, grand battle sequences</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/2167595_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Still from War and Peace, a 7-hour epic released in four installments between 1965 and 1967]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Mosfilm]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/237x141/2167595_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Still from War and Peace, a 7-hour epic released in four installments between 1965 and 1967]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Mosfilm]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA['I was at Chernobyl disaster and watched my colleagues turn white then red']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/285x214/2163294_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the world's worst nuclear accident, with 31 people dying immediately and thousands more affected across the region - and the effects were devastating and immediate<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emilia Randall]]></author><category>Weird</category><media:keywords>Chernobyl, Soviet Union, Chernobyl disaster, Oleksiy Breus, acute radiation syndrome, Soviet government secrecy</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/590x/2163294_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The accident has left the surrounding area a ghost town]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/237x141/2163294_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The accident has left the surrounding area a ghost town]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[undefined]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists discover family eating their leather shoes to survive after 42 years in woods]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2161876_1.jpg"/><br><br>Without metal tools or modern medicine, the family reverted to a Stone Age existence for over 40 years.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Russia, Soviet Union, Religion, Christianity, Lykov family, Old Believers, Siberian isolation, survival in wilderness, Soviet geologists, Sayan mountains, completely uninhabited, religious radicals, Soviet persecution, Karp Lykov, Natalia and Agafia</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2161876_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Without metal tools or modern medicine, the family reverted to a Stone Age existence for 42 years]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Youtube/Hermit Agafia Lykova]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2161876_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Without metal tools or modern medicine, the family reverted to a Stone Age existence for 42 years]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Youtube/Hermit Agafia Lykova]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA['Masterpiece' war film is 'best ever made' - fans say 'forget Saving Private Ryan’]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/285x214/2156909_1.jpg"/><br><br>One fan called it a "must see film to add to your war collection."<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Chris Samuel]]></author><category>Films</category><media:keywords>Films (section), War movies, World War 2, Soviet Union, war film, best ever, saving private ryan, Cross of Iron, Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Eastern Front WWII</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/2156909_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Still from Cross of Iron (1977)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[EMI Films]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/237x141/2156909_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Still from Cross of Iron (1977)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[EMI Films]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Soviet state warns Putin ‘not interested’ in peace and preparing Europe hybrid attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2152238_1.jpg"/><br><br>Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace with Ukraine and is preparing to subvert European democratic elections, the country's leader has warned.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Vladimir Putin, European elections, Moldova, Russia-Ukraine war, Soviet Union, Russia, Baltic states, Black Sea, Hybrid Attacks, Maia Sandu, provoke Russia, Donald Trump peace deal, EU membership, cyber warfare, testing ground, control the Continent</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2152238_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Putin is preparing hybrid attacks to subvert European democratic elections, the leader has warned]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2152238_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Putin is preparing hybrid attacks to subvert European democratic elections, the leader has warned]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Masterpiece’ war film fans say is the ‘best’ with 90% Rotten Tomatoes score]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/285x214/2145002_1.jpg"/><br><br>You won't want to miss out on watching this film.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Alycia McNamara]]></author><category>Films</category><media:keywords>War movies, World War 2, Soviet Union, Come and See, Soviet resistance, World War II, anti-war film</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/2145002_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The film was released in 1985]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[IMDb]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/237x141/2145002_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The film was released in 1985]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[IMDb]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item></channel></rss>