US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III gestures as he speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are begging the U.S. and Western allies for air defense systems and longer-range weapons to keep up the momentum in their counteroffensive against Russia and fight back against Moscow’s intensified attacks. Austin says allies are committed to sending weapons “as fast as we can physically get them there.”(AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
