"Medusa" analyzes the situation at the front Juan Bareto / AFP / Scanpix / Leta broken armored vehicles on the road in the Balakley of the Kharkov region. The city was liberated by Ukrainian troops on September 8. After this, the Armed Forces went on the offensive further in the area The Ukrainian offensive in the south and east of the Kharkov region has reached all its goals in five days.

Since the beginning of September, the Ukrainian army has liberated about two thousand square kilometers of its territory. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address on September 10. The movement of our soldiers in different directions of the front continues. To date, as part of active operations since the beginning of September, about two thousand kilometers of our territory have already been liberated.

The main award of the Venice Film Festival - the "Golden Lion" - was received by the documentary film "All Beauty and Bloodshed" by American director Laura Poitras. This was reported on the website of the Venice Film Festival. "Silver Lion" - Grand Prix of the Jury went to the film "Saint Omer" by French director Alice Diop. The Silver Lion for Best Director was awarded to Italian Luca Guadagnino for his film Whole and Complete (Together with the Bones).

A Russian presidential fund is handing out millions to projects supporting the war in Ukraine Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA A banner in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the symbols “Z” and “V,” Sep 2, 2022 A year ago Russia launched the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

In Novorossiysk, a criminal case was opened for "discrediting" the army against 50-year-old former military man, activist and author of the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper" Askhabali Alibekov. His wife Patimat told the publication " Kavkaz.Realii " about this. According to her, Alibekov was detained on September 6. He spent a day under arrest. Then the court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the city with a number of restrictions.

On September 8, the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II died , who ruled the country for 70 years. Her son and heir Prince Charles, who took the name Charles III , entered the throne. On September 9, he first turned to the nation in the status of the monarch and adopted Prime Minister Liz Trasses. On September 10, Charles III was officially declared king at a ceremony in which members of the royal family and the British government took part.

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will be held on September 19, Buckingham Palace announced. According to information on the website of the British government, the day of the funeral will be declared a holiday. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8 at the age of 96. Now the coffin with her body is in the ballroom of the castle. On September 11 it will be delivered to Edinburgh, and on September 14 to London.

Update. On September 11, Air Moldova announced that it had suspended the sale of tickets for flights between Chisinau and Moscow. The Civil Aviation Authority of Moldova has banned Air Moldova and other national carriers from resuming flights to Moscow. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova Andrei Spinu.

On September 10, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time commented on a successful counterattack of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in the occupied areas of the Kharkov region, which has been continuing on September 5.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to regroup troops in the regions of Balakliya and Izyum to “intensify efforts in the direction of Donetsk” and achieve the goals of the “special operation” to liberate the Donbas. A post on the department’s official Telegram channel stated: Over the course of three days an operation was undertaken to curtail and organize the transfer of troops from the Izyum-Balakliya groups to the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to regroup troops in the area of ​​Balakliya and Izyum in order to “increase efforts in the Donetsk direction” and achieve the goals of the “special operation” to liberate Donbass. This is stated in the official telegram channel of the department. For this purpose, an operation was carried out within three days to curtail and organize the transfer of the Izyum-Balakley group of troops to the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian armed forces have liberated the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, which has been occupied by Russian troops since the start of the war, according to Natalya Popova, adviser to the head of the regional council. “Kupyansk is Ukraine’s! Glory to the UAF [Ukrainian Armed Forces]!” Popova wrote on Facebook, and posted a photo of Ukrainian soldiers in front of an administrative building in Kupyansk.

The electronic list of Moscow voters does not contain data on the voting of the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. This was anonymously reported to Mediazona by employees of several Moscow election commissions. The current municipal elections in Moscow are using a single electronic list of all Moscow voters for the first time. It can be searched from any commission.

On September 10, the Security Service of Ukraine stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Kupyansk - the third largest city in the Kharkov region, which was occupied in the early days of the war. Sources from the Russian side also stated that Russian troops under the threat of the environment left raisins, located south of Kupyansk.

JP Production At the Venice Film Festival, the premiere of the film “There are no Bears” Iranian director Jafar Panahi was held. He himself could not arrive at the premiere, since in July the Iranian authorities detained him in Tehran and sent him to prison for six years. The film critic of Medusa Anton Dolin tells what this film is notable for this, which the director managed to finish shortly before the arrest.