NATO vows to supply Ukraine with weapons
US Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, left, greets Finland’s Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen, center, and Sweden’s Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist as they meet on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.
NATO’s defense ministers have agreed to supply Ukraine with weapons amid Russia’s invasion of Ukrainian territory, following a two-day meeting in Brussels. Also, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week that Russia has been deploying Iranian-made drones into his country, targeting civilian areas. The relatively small drones can fly at low altitudes, evading Ukrainian radars. And, next month will mark two years since the start of the conflict in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia. After the breakdown of five months of peace talks, the war is now escalating once again. Plus, Serbian scientists name a beetle after tennis star Novak Djokovic.
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