Stanislav Petrov ’the man who saved the world’ has died aged 77

The Soviet colonel who famously saved the world from nuclear war has died. Stanislav Petrov had been on duty at a Moscow nuclear early warning system in 1983 when it issued an alert that the US had just launched nuclear missiles. Petrov told his bosses that the alarm must have been triggered by a system malfunction. A Russian soldier, who became known as the man who saved the world from nuclear war, has died. But who was Stanislav Petrov? — RTÉ News (@rtenews) Sept… READ MORE : What are the top stories today? Click to watch: euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! euronews is available in 13 languages: In English: Website: Facebook: Twitter: Google : euronews VKontakte: