🇺🇸🇷🇺Russian programmer and hacker Alexey Burkov, who was convicted in the United States and whom Russia accuses of theft and malware creation, has been extradited from the United States to Russia, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' spokeswoman says.

#URGENT | Moscow calls on NATO, EU to urge Pristina to withdraw forces from Kosovo and prevent escalation

⏰ Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie will testify today in front of the House Armed Services Committee to discuss the U.S. military's exit from Afghanistan

⚡️ Billowing plumes of smoke apparently filmed at Camp Victory base near Baghdad, where U.S. troops are located - reports

#LIVE | US top military officials testify before Senate Armed Services Committee on Afghanistan https://sputniknews.com/20210928/us-top-military-officials-testify-before-senate-armed-services-committee-on-afghanistan-1089484138.html

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin calls 'over-the-horizon' counterterrorism 'difficult but absolutely possible'

Afghan Army's collapse 'took us all by surprise' - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin

U.S. did not fully comprehend depth of corruption, poor leadership in senior Afghan military ranks - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin

'We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation' in Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tells Senate committee

Austin says Doha Agreement with Taliban 'had a demoralizing effect' on Afghan soldiers

Top U.S. general warns that reconstituted Al Qaeda with aspirations to attack United States is a very real possibility, perhaps in as little as 12 months

Milley defends call to Chinese counterpart at end of Trump presidency, says: 'My task at that time was to de-escalate'

Damaged "is one word that could be used" to describe U.S. credibility following U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan - U.S. General Milley

🤔 Pentagon Chief dodges question on reports the US has asked to access Russian bases in the Central Asia to monitor Afghanistan

"I can assure you that we are not seeking Russia's permission to do anything. We are not seeking approval from Russia about anything," Secretary of Defense Austin says of reported conversations with Russia about using military bases in Central Asia for over the horizon operations.

⚡ Senate majority leader Schumer tees up vote to increase debt limit without GOP support

❗ Russian fighter Su-27 escorted US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft RC-135 over Black Sea - Defense ministry

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SpaceX Founder's ex-lover, Canadian singer Grimes, said that she would be “colonising Europа [one of Jupiter’s moons] separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune.”

🇺🇸 🇦🇫 US would have gone to war with Taliban if troops were to stay in Afghanistan past 31 August deadline, Milley says

⚡️ Generals Mark Milley, Kenneth McKenzie dispute Biden's claim al-Qaeda is gone from Afghanistan