Ukraine gets new air defenses, allies deepen resolve after Russian strikes

October 12, 2022

Reuters:

Ukraine’s allies announced delivery of new air defenses and recommitted to providing it robust, enduring military assistance at a meeting at NATO headquarters on Wednesday, saying Russian missile strikes two days ago only further united them.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, sitting next to his Ukrainian counterpart, opened the gathering of more than 50 countries by condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deadly missile attacks against “targets with no military purpose” across Ukraine.

“The whole world has just seen yet again the malice and cruelty of Putin’s war of choice, rooted in aggression and waged with deep contempt for the rules of war,” Austin told the gathering, sitting next to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.

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