Solve for the angle UFO with the russian triangle

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I know that this question has been posted already, but I saw that is possible to draw the triangle of the question inside of the russian triangle. Can someone help me to finish the question using this? Triangle of the question Russian triangle

I find a lot of angles and I got the equation $∠UFO+∠UFN=100°$, but I couldn't find the value of $∠UFN$

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Let $OF\cap UE=\{D\}$ and $\measuredangle UFO=x$.

Thus, $\measuredangle DUF=95^{\circ}$ and since $$\frac{OD}{UD}\cdot\frac{UD}{FD}\cdot\frac{FD}{ED}\cdot\frac{ED}{OD}=1,$$ by law of sines we obtain: $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}}\cdot\frac{\sin{x}}{\sin(95^{\circ}-x)}\cdot \frac{\sin5^{\circ}}{\sin80^{\circ}}\cdot \frac{\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin35^{\circ}}=1 $$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin5^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}=\sin95^{\circ}\cot{x}-\cos95^{\circ}$$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin5^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}-\sin5^{\circ}=\cos5^{\circ}\cot{x}$$ or $$\tan5^{\circ}\left(\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}-1\right)=\cot{x}.$$ We need to prove that: $$\tan5^{\circ}\left(\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}-1\right)=\tan15^{\circ}$$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}-1=\frac{3-\tan^25^{\circ}}{1-3\tan^25^{\circ}}$$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}=\frac{4-4\tan^25^{\circ}}{1-3\tan^25^{\circ}}$$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}=\frac{8\cos10^{\circ}}{1+\cos10^{\circ}-3+3\cos10^{\circ}}$$ or $$\frac{\sin65^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\sin80^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}=\frac{2\cos10^{\circ}}{\cos10^{\circ}-\cos60^{\circ}}$$ or $$\frac{\cos25^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}}{\sin20^{\circ}\cos10^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}=\frac{\cos10^{\circ}}{\sin25^{\circ}\sin35^{\circ}}$$ or $$\sin50^{\circ}\sin60^{\circ}=\sin20^{\circ}(1+\cos20^{\circ})$$ or $$\sin60^{\circ}\cos40^{\circ}-\cos60^{\circ}\sin40^{\circ}=\sin20^{\circ},$$ which is obvious.