How a young Russian man fled violence in Syria, faced political charges in Moscow, won asylum in Estonia, and joined the war on the side of Ukraine Left photo from Dani Akel’s personal archive; right photo from a report about the Freedom of Russia Legion by the Ukrainian outlet online.ua Story by Kristina Safonova . Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale .

Alexey Reznikov will leave the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. The country's President Vladimir Zelensky stated this in his evening address on September 3. Instead of Reznikov, he proposed appointing Rustem Umerov, who now heads the State Property Fund of Ukraine, to the post of Minister of Defense. “I decided to replace the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Alexey Reznikov went through more than 550 days of full-scale war.

Thousands of refugees are trying to get through it to the European Union and are subjected to violence by the police. But Madrid distance from what is happening ILies Amar / Europa Press / Getty Images migrants from Subsachara Africa, who managed to penetrate the Spanish Melil in March 2022 The Spanish Autonomous City of Mellya is on the border with Morocco. In recent decades, refugees from all over Africa have been striving here to get into the European Union.

Two Ukrainian drones were neutralized in Russia’s Kursk region, reported the region’s governor Roman Starovoyt. According to the governor, the incident occurred on September 3 near the border towns of Kozino and Gornal. Starovoyt said both drones were detected with electronic warfare systems and were hit by anti-drone guns. The governor reported no casualties or damage.

"Medusa" talks about its origins and prospects JIM WYSS / MIAMI HERALD / TRIBUNE News Service / Getty Images Work of Intit Maleiva - Partisans, 14 years old in Fark. As an artist, she portrayed everyday life, and also created campaign posters In August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez announced a temporary truce between the government forces of Colombia and the rebels.

Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Sergei Leshchenko published a fragment of a document from the investigation materials in the criminal case of businessman Igor Kolomoisky, suspected of fraud. In the document, Kolomoisky appears as a citizen of Israel and Cyprus, deprived of Ukrainian citizenship.

The Russian military attacked the southern Odesa region with 25 Shahed-136/131 drones overnight on September 3, the Ukrainian Air Force Command reports . The attack lasted approximately four hours and came from southern and southeastern directions (the Chauda Cape on the Kerch Peninsula and the town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Krasnodar Krai). Ukrainian air defense systems shot down 22 of the 25 drones.

The Russian military covered Tu-95 strategic bombers with tires at a military airfield in the city of Engels, Saratov region. This was reported by an anonymous user of the social network X (formerly known as Twitter) Tatarigami_UA, who calls himself a Ukrainian reserve officer. He published satellite images of the airfield taken on September 1. They show two bombers with tires on the central part of the aircraft and the wings.

"Medusa" tells how, against the backdrop of the war, melodramas from Turkey replaced Western content - and what to see Mia Yapim Frame from the series "Wind" In the first six months of 2023, almost three million pirate sites with Turkish series were blocked in Russia - 27 times more than two years ago.

The 90-year-old director again insulted the audience-a comedy about the New Year's Apocalypse. He himself did not come to the festival The Venice Film Festival showed a new film by Roman Polanski "Palace". The public accepted the work of the director accused of rape, ambiguously (some critics left the hall). The plot of the comedy develops on New Year's Eve 2000-the guests of the chic hotel in the final paintings meet the holiday together.

The Russian authorities are attempting to replenish their armed forces by recruiting foreign nationals to fight in the war, the U.K. Defense Ministry writes in its daily update. British defense intelligence said that online advertisements were seen in Armenia and Kazakhstan offering recruits 495,000 rubles (around $5,140) in initial payments and salaries from 190,000 rubles (around $1,973). Recruiters also targeted the ethnic Russian population in Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region.

Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, a Ukrainian general who leads the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, told The Observer that Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU) have broken through the first of Russia’s three defensive lines on the southern front. “We are now between the first and second defensive lines,” he said about the Robotyne-Verbove district in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, shortly before resigning, provoked a diplomatic row with the United States by trying to cancel a contract for the supply of 14 American Chinook H-47 helicopters worth 2.3 billion pounds. The Sunday Times writes about this with reference to sources. According to the contract, deliveries of helicopters produced by Boeing should begin in 2026.

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has published a draft resolution allowing Roskomnadzor to block resources with information on how to bypass blocking in Russia.

The Russian authorities are trying to fill the ranks of the armed forces by recruiting citizens of neighboring countries to participate in the war, writes in its daily review. the UK Ministry of Defense British military intelligence provides several relevant examples. In particular, online advertisements were seen in Armenia and Kazakhstan offering the first payment upon entry into service in the amount of 495 thousand rubles and further salaries from 190 thousand rubles.