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"what do we do when we hear the air raid siren?" "we run," she says. "we run away." young minds already used to living with the constant threat of war. caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. borisjohnson will travel to finland and sweden tomorrow for talks about the war in ukraine along with long—standing concerns about the security of europe. its widely expected that finland will begin the process ofjoining the nato defence alliance this week. finland becoming a nato member would significantly red...

From finland our special correspondent allan little sent this report, which contains some stark images. finland may be a small country, but it has one of the biggest armies in europe. defence and security are notjust matters for the armed forces here. they are woven into the fabric of the civic life of the country. we have a firm role in society. we still have a conscription, which means that majority of the finns are somehow part of the national defence via their conscription and service. and g...

I want to go too. newsreel: today little finland - is putting up such a savage defence as the modern world has rarely seen... finland�*s thinking about defence is still shaped by this — an attempt by the soviet union to invade and occupy the country in 1939. finland�*s resistance then is an echo of ukraine today. among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, which were to have _ been shown in helsinki after the russians had taken the capital. this is also 1940, the winter war. yes,...

Caroline davies reports. as russia celebrated victory day, odesa burned. this was one of the city�*s shopping centres, shopping centres, incinerated, by a missile strike. the ukrainian authorities say seven missiles were launched at the city yesterday, killing one person and injuring five more. this morning, the smell of burning plastic still hung in the air. last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage, but this morning you can. the rocket has completely...

Finland and Sweden are set to announce whether they will join NATO by the end of this week. The two historically neutral countries have U-turned since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24

As Washington is toying with proposals to liquidate frozen assets of Russian oligarchs and give the money to Ukraine, Eu...

Russian navy cruiser Moskva is hardly the first modern warship to be sent to the bottom of the Black Sea.

Will Russia seek to disrupt Helsinki's NATO bid?

A Russian army helicopter violated Finnish airspace this morning in an apparent effort to intimidate Helsinki as it plans a NATO entry bid. The Mi-17 vessel flew 2-3 miles into Finland.

The scorched earth tactics have been used for the longest time, back from the Scythians, and the latest one being the Russian invasion of Ukraine.