Ukraine gets more air defense pledges as Russia hits cities


              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday as the military alliance presses ahead with plans to hold a nuclear exercise next week as concerns deepen over President Vladimir Putin's insistence that he will use any means necessary to defend Russian territory. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday as the military alliance presses ahead with plans to hold a nuclear exercise next week as concerns deepen over President Vladimir Putin's insistence that he will use any means necessary to defend Russian territory. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              The body of a local man who was killed after an explosion of a Russian mine lies on the ground near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Smoke raises as Ukrainian territorial defence deminers destroy, with a controlled explosion, Russian anti tank mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Ukrainian territorial defence deminers destroy, with a controlled explosion, Russian ammunition left behind as they clear mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Tetyana Samarenkova walks down stairs of a heavily damaged school after a Russian attack, two days ago at the village of Velyka Kostromka, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
            
              Debris covers an area of a heavily damaged school after a Russian attack, two days ago at the village of Velyka Kostromka, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
            
              Ukrainian territorial defence deminers put Russian weapons and ammunition in a hole to be destroyed as they clear mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Newspapers, ammunition and a mask lie in an abandoned Russian camp near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A Ukrainian territorial defence deminer takes Russian ammunition left behind as his team clears mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A Ukrainian territorial defence deminer searches for mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A makeshift washbasin is seen in an abandoned Russian camp near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Ukrainian territorial defence deminers search for mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Ukrainian territorial defence deminers remove a camouflage net to be reused as they clear mines in an abandoned Russian camp near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Ukrainian territorial defence deminers walk past a body of a local man who was killed after an explosion of a Russian mine near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A Ukrainian territorial defence deminer takes Russian ammunition left behind as his team clears mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A man reacts near the body of his cousin, killed in a Russian rocket attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)
            NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. NATO Defense Ministers are convening in Brussels for the second day of talks to assess the situation in Ukraine, as the alliance committed on Wednesday to deliver more air defense supply to the country. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)