This year, Britain will send the Royal Navy to Ukraine, and in the next will increase the number in the Black Sea. This was stated by the British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson. The British Minister of Defense noted that he did not doubt that the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin directly responsible for the situation in the east of Ukraine. According to Williamson, Britain sees the Russian aggression not only on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but also in the Black Sea.

*** The rating agency "Fitch Ratings" has affirmed the ratings of the city of Kharkiv: long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) in foreign and national currencies at "B-" with a "Stable" outlook and a short-term foreign currency IDR at "B".

*** Vladimir Putin is ready to fully finance the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline at the expense of Russia in the event that the US sanctions against consortium members implementing this project. Putin informed the FRG government about these plans during his visit to Mezeberg on August 18, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Putin's plans for 100% financing of Nord Stream-2, however, may run into serious obstacles in the European Commission, because according to the competition rules in force in the EU, the producer and supplier of energy resources can not be one person.

*** The seventeen-year-old Ukrainian Daria Beloded became the winner of the World Judo Championship in Baku. In the final of the competition to 48 kg, the 17-year-old Ukrainian woman confronted the current world champion - Japanese woman Funa Tanaka. Darya won the cut in the middle of the fight. In the semi-final Beloded won the Olympic champion - Argentine Paulo Paretu.

*** Thanks to the volunteers in the Kharkov metropolitan there appeared a car about the heroes of the ATU. The initiators and authors of the project were Igor Kulish, Nikolai Blagovestov and Marina Polyakova. Active support for realization of the car-memory was rendered by veterans of ATO.