Alain Delon, étoile universelle du cinéma français, est mort https://t.co/oGekBjqsPV
— Le Monde (@lemondefr) August 18, 2024
Day: August 18, 2024
L’ouragan Ernesto, rétrogradé en tempête tropicale, s’éloigne des Bermudes https://t.co/q2cTEZU61d
— Le Monde (@lemondefr) August 18, 2024
On this day in 1991, Soviet hardliners arrest president Mikhail Gorbachev and seize Moscow in a bid to end the Perestroika and Glasnost reforms. Although the coup fails, it hastens the collapse of the USSR. pic.twitter.com/SFLnQYXadR
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 18, 2024
Today in 1940, one of history’s largest dogfights rages in the skies above southern England as the Luftwaffe tries to break the RAF. 100 German planes are damaged or destroyed; British loses are equally heavy. It will be remembered as the “Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain. pic.twitter.com/yxn3WSTkUL
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 18, 2024
On this day in 1991, Red Army hardliners arrest Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and seize Moscow in a bid to end the Perestroika and Glasnost reforms. Although the coup fails, it hastens the collapse of the USSR. pic.twitter.com/cTo0hFgW7D
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 18, 2024
Russia is almost certainly only considering a possible moratorium on energy strikes due to Ukraine’s months-long strike campaign against Russian oil refineries — demonstrating a secondary effect of Ukraine’s strike campaign. 🧵(1/7)
1/ Russia and Ukraine were reportedly planning… https://t.co/aCqc1bQGzn pic.twitter.com/xouRouseUS
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) August 18, 2024
Kursk Tactical Update 🧵(1/9)
Ukrainian forces continue to marginally advance in Kursk Oblast amid ongoing Russian efforts to stop further Ukrainian advances and begin to push Ukrainian forces back across the international border. https://t.co/aCqc1bQGzn pic.twitter.com/4HXMLn1n3l
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) August 18, 2024