🇺🇸🇦🇫State Inspector General launches probe into end of 'DISASTROUS' Afghanistan operations & withdrawal

The dept’s acting IG, told Congress the review will focus on:
▪️The Special Immigrant Visa Program
▪️Afghans processed for refugee admission into the US
#Afghanistan  #USA

Russia slaps Google with MASSIVE turnover fine - up to $240mn

Google is facing an enormous bill from Russia’s comms regulator that will amount to between 5-20% of annual turnover in the country for repeated failure to remove banned content.

In Brookshire, Texas, a McDonnel Douglas 87 plane crashed with at least 21 people on board. It rolled out of the lane and burned out. While one injured is reported


#USA

Bitcoin price

Three months ago: $31,500

One month ago: $47,500

Now: $64,180

🇰🇵 — BREAKING: North Korea confirms it test fired yesterday a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

🇯🇵🌋#BREAKING: Mount Aso erupts in southern Japan

#Japan #Volcano

Total volcano erupting today 8:
🇬🇹Fuego volcano
🇯🇵Karymsky
🇪🇨Reventador
🇪🇸La Palma
🇨🇱Nevados de Chillán
🇯🇵Aso
🇨🇴Nevado del Ruiz
🇵🇪Sabancaya

Russian Su-30SM fighters were raised yesterday to escort American B-1B Lancer strategic bombers over the Black Sea.

The arrival of bombers near Russian borders coincided with a visit by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Kiev, where he reaffirmed Washington's commitment to strengthening Ukraine's defenses.
#Crimea

The singer starts singing a Kurdish song at a wedding in Turkey and this is the reaction he gets.

@Artsakheng #Armenia #Artsakh

🇷🇺 Forces of the Black Sea Fleet with attached units of the combined-arms army of the Southern Military District conducted a tactical exercise on coastal defense during the landing of amphibious assault forces at the Opuk combat training ground in Crimea.

As part of the exercise, the Marine Corps units, under the cover of the naval forces of the fleet, disembarked from large amphibious ships, fought for the landing, occupied the coastal sector and advanced deep into the positions of the conditional enemy.

The Pentagon has postponed the purchase of augmented reality glasses from Microsoft due to complaints about their functionality.
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🇷🇺 The personnel of the first S-350 regiment are already undergoing training in Gatchina.

Highly mobile anti-aircraft systems are preparing to take up combat duty in the Russian army. The first regiment of the S-350 Vityaz air defense system is already completing its training, sources in the Ministry of Defense told Izvestia. The personnel of the unit are now at the training center in Gatchina near St. Petersburg, but at the beginning of winter they will go to their permanent duty station.

Earlier, the head of the Zhukov Military Academy of Aerospace Defense, Lieutenant General Vladimir Lyaporov, reported that from 2021 to 2027, five anti-aircraft missile regiments will receive 12 S-350 divisions. According to him, the emergence of new systems will increase the effectiveness of the fight against cruise missiles by 2-2.5 times.

🇺🇸 NATO conducts secret exercises "Resilient Afternoon", where it is practicing a scenario of a nuclear war. They take place in Italy, where the American B61 nuclear bombs are stored at one of the air bases, but the flights seem to go without bombs. 14 countries take part
#USA