Atrocity reports spur NATO states to boost arms supplies

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a number of member countries have agreed to ramp up weapons supplies to Ukraine to help in its fight against Russia.

Some NATO allies have been spurred into action by reports of atrocities in the town of Bucha. Stoltenberg declined to say what kinds of weapons would be provided or who might send them.

But speaking after chairing a meeting of NATO foreign ministers Thursday, he said it would involve "both Soviet-era systems but also modern equipment.”

Britain says it will send “new and heavier equipment.”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he's cautiously optimistic about the pledges.

But he says the weapons must come quickly as Russia prepares an offensive in eastern Ukraine.