一 | Brussels, Oct 13 (UNI) Ukraine's Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv, after a spate of Russian missile strikes, media reported.

The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the Netherlands includes missiles and radars. The US earlier made a similar pledge. One high-tech system from Germany is already in Ukraine.

The UK will donate air defence missiles, as well as hundreds of aerial drones to support Ukraine's information gathering and logistics capabilities. It will also provide 18 howitzer artillery guns in addition to the 64 already delivered, the BBC reported.

Speaking after the Brussels meeting on Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said "we're going to do everything we can to make sure that they [Ukrainians] have what's required to be effective".

French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would supply air defence systems to Ukraine. In an interview to France 2 television, he did not specify which systems would be sent. But he did say their main function would be to protect the population from drones.

The Netherlands said it would deliver $14.5million worth of air defence missiles.

Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren said the Russian attacks "can only be met with unrelenting support for Ukraine and its people".

Canada pledged to provide more than $34 million worth of military aid, including satellite communications and drone cameras.

The pledges come as Ukraine's allies from 50 countries meet at Nato headquarters here in Belgium.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has for months been asking Ukraine's allies to provide air defence systems to create an "air shield" for Ukraine.

In his video address late on Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said: "The more audacious and cruel Russian terror becomes, the more obvious it is to the world that helping Ukraine to protect the sky is one of the most important humanitarian tasks for Europe of our time."

"I believe that we will cope with this task," he added.

Kyiv hailed the Nato summit as "historic", even as Russian shelling hit its southern city of Mykolaiv on Thursday morning, officials said.

The city's mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said the city was "massively shelled" at around 1 am local time.

"A five-storey residential building was hit, the upper two floors were completely destroyed, the rest - under rubble. Rescuers are working on the site," he said.

It has been a particularly intense week in Ukraine - on Monday and Tuesday, it saw some of its heaviest Russian bombardment in months when more than 100 missiles were launched, hitting energy infrastructure and other non-military targets including a children's playground, the BBC said.

At least 19 people were killed on the first day of the strikes, which included hitting central Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the missile strikes were retaliation for an attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea - Ukraine's southern peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Russia said Saturday's blast was organised by Ukraine's intelligence agency - a claim rubbished by Kyiv.

Ukraine's military announced earlier on Wednesday that the first of several "state-of-the-art IRIS-T SLM has been delivered from Germany to Ukraine". It said the air defence system would help protect the country "against terror".

Russia has repeatedly warned Ukraine's allies against supplying advanced weaponry to Kyiv, stressing this would make them participants of the war that Putin began on February 24.

The West has accused Moscow of nuclear sabre-rattling, following a string of Russian military defeats on the battlefield, the BBC report added.。

连续两场面对乌拉圭，中国男篮最终交出一胜一负的答卷。如果单纯看结果，这似乎是一组中规中矩的热身赛，但如果把两场比赛放在一起看，得到的信息其实远比战绩更有价值：这支中国男篮在防守强度、锋线活力和阵容深度上已经能够打出不错的比赛内容，但一旦比赛被拖入高强度阵地战，外线投射下降、反击机会减少，球队缺少稳定持球开发点的问题依然非常明显。第一场83-78击败乌拉圭，中国男篮展现出了目前这支球队最理想的一面。首节球队三分9投6中，全场三分26投11中，贺希宁得到17分，焦泊乔贡献14分，胡金秋拿到12分，11名登场球员全部得分。

二 | 尤其值得肯定的是，当乌拉圭不断利用挡拆和身体对抗追赶比分时，中国队几次被迫进入拉锯战，最后还是顶住了对手的反扑。贺希宁在国家队逐渐找到了更加明确的进攻定位，他并不是传统意义上的组织核心，却能够利用投射、转换进攻以及身体对抗直接解决问题；焦泊乔同样是这两场比赛值得继续观察的球员，首战15分钟8投6中得到14分，他的机动性和能够拉到外线投篮的特点，为中国队内线提供了不同于胡金秋的选择。但第一场比赛其实已经埋下了第二场的问题。中国男篮能够领先，很大程度建立在防守反击和外线高命中率之上，一旦这些优势消失，阵地进攻依然很容易陷入停滞。首战第二节乌拉圭就曾打出13-5完成反超，第三节中国队又在取得优势后被对手连续追分。换句话说，中国男篮现在有能力打出一段非常好的篮球，但还缺少把这种状态稳定维持40分钟的能力。

三 | 热身赛里三分可以连续命中，但真正到了世预赛，对手不会允许你一直舒服地完成第一传和第一挡拆。如果外线只有三成左右的命中率，球队到底靠谁持续创造高质量机会？这是比一场比赛输赢重要得多的问题。第二场比赛则把这个短板进一步放大。中国队对阵容进行了明显调整，赵继伟进入比赛名单，蒋浩然替代胡金秋，首发则变成廖三宁、焦泊乔、王俊杰、朱俊龙和贺希宁。半场中国男篮已经39-48落后，廖三宁5投1中得到2分，王俊杰虽然贡献篮板、助攻、抢断和盖帽，但同时出现3次失误。这场失利当然不能简单理解为“中国男篮退步了”，因为郭士强明显在测试不同人员组合，但它至少证明了一件事情：当中国队失去胡金秋这个极其稳定的终结点，同时反击数量下降以后，现阶段的半场进攻还没有成熟到可以依靠体系稳定解决问题。

四 | 一旦后卫突破第一道防线的能力不足、挡拆之后无法吸引两人防守，整个进攻很容易变成外围传导几次之后的强投。

五 | 这也是为什么一胜一负反而比两场轻松大胜更有价值。

六 | 现在这支中国男篮最大的进步，是越来越多人敢于在国家队比赛中承担责任。贺希宁可以得分，焦泊乔能够提供另一种内线打法，王俊杰、李弘权等锋线提供尺寸和运动能力，球队的防守资源实际上并不差。

七 | 但最大的问题同样清晰：中国男篮仍然缺少真正能够在国际比赛高压环境下持续改变对方防守结构的持球点。

八 | 很多时候我们的进攻建立在“防下来以后跑起来”，一旦对手退防到位，中国队就必须经历大量横向传球才能寻找机会，而这恰恰是亚洲高水平比赛最后几分钟最容易出现问题的地方。

九 | 因此，对这两场热身赛最合适的评价不是“赢球就好”或者“输给乌拉圭不能接受”，而是下限正在提高，上限仍然取决于进攻端能否找到真正稳定的解法。中国男篮已经不太容易在身体对抗面前直接崩掉，锋线厚度和防守积极性也值得肯定，但如何减少进攻断电、怎样在没有反击的情况下稳定得分、后卫线谁能真正掌控比赛节奏，这些问题仍然没有完全解决。接下来真正的压力才刚刚开始。