West to bolster Ukraine air defense; nuke plant loses power


              Locals receive food and everyday necessities given by Ukrainian volunteers in Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Residents in Izium have been living with no gas, electricity or running water supply since beginning of September. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              Tetyana Patsuk stands in front her heavily damaged house in the retaken village of Velyka Oleksandrivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The 72-year-old woman says that after more than six months of Russian occupation she is still sleeping every night in the basement with some friends. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
            
              A woman carries bags with food given by Ukrainian volunteers in Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Residents in Izium have been living with no gas, electricity or running water supply since beginning of September. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
            
              A damaged school bus is seen in the retaken village of Velyka Oleksandrivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
            
              US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, is flanked by Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Elena Karabet, daughter of deceased commander of the rocket artillery division of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic Olga Kachura, as he gives an award for her mother at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Putin awarded Lt. Col. Olga Kachura, who was killed on July 29, 2022 after a Ukrainian missile hit her car, the posthumous Hero of Russia honour - the Russia's highest award. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, talks to Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)