Breaking News, 21st of August, 2018

During his visit to the United States, the British Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt, intends to discuss with President Donald Trump the issue of enhancing of the sanctions against Russia, Interfax reports while citing The Guardian. «Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt intends to convince Donald Trump in the need for the broader economic sanctions against Russia due to the Moscow’s threats on Western values» — the newspaper writes. He also plans «to urge NATO to draw a clearer red line in terms of Russian use of chemical weapons, and their invasions into foreign territories, like the annexation of Crimea back in 2014» — the publication states.

During his visit to the United States, the British Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt, intends to discuss with President Donald Trump the issue of enhancing of the sanctions against Russia, Interfax reports while citing The Guardian. «Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt intends to convince Donald Trump in the need for the broader economic sanctions against Russia due to the Moscow’s threats on Western values» — the newspaper writes. He also plans «to urge NATO to draw a clearer red line in terms of Russian use of chemical weapons, and their invasions into foreign territories, like the annexation of Crimea back in 2014» — the publication states.

Over a million of people left their houses in southern India, and were moved to the refugee camps due to heavy rains and floods in Kerala that already killed 410 people, TASS reported while citing AFP. According to the agency, several cities, in particular Chalakudi and Trissur, are almost completely flooded. The largest airport in the state, Cochin, was also flooded. According to the local authorities, monsoon rains of this year are the most powerful in the region for the last 100 years.

In Yemen, the confrontation between the Husites and the hadists continues. The Khusits, during the last few days, caused serious loses to Hadists and the Saudis. There is no progress regarding their advance on Hodeida. Despite the air strikes, the husits continue to defend the terminals. Hadists are located to the south of the runway. There is a concentration of heavy military equipment in the area of Tukheit — this indicates that the Saudis are trying to flank Hodeida in the north-east, and capture a part of the roads that supply the Husit group that defends Hodeida and the airport.

UKRINFORM reports that not only the residents of the LPR and DPR see their future with Russia, but also those citizens of Ukraine who live on the territory of Donbass that is controlled by Kiev. As it was discovered by the study conducted by the Ukrainian office of the international research agency IFAK Institute, on the order from the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, more than a half of the people living on the territory of the Donbass, beyond the control of Kiev, want an alliance with Russia.

During the parade, which will be held on 24th of August in Kiev, the Ukrainian military will be able to show only the «chassis with a plywood model of Sapsan installed on it». This was stated by the employee of «Yuzh-mash» Alexei Vasilenko. He explained that the Operational-Tactical Missile Complex «Sapsan», which was described by the director of the information-consulting company Defense Express Sergey Zgurets, simply does not exist. Neither the completed unit, nor the blueprints for it. «It is not prepared for the production yet» — he explained. The same thing he said about another missile complex being developed in Ukraine — Grom-2. According to Vasilenko, in reality it doesn’t exist even in the form of an experimental model. Constantine Reztsov, specially for ANNA NEWS.