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US officials reaffirm support for Ukraine amid growing fighting. The administration says Obama has approved additional nonlethal military assistance for health, welfare items, and other supplies, while Kyiv’s government reports pro-Russian rebels have captured three bases in Eastern Ukraine. In response, Obama pledged €41 million in nonlethal aid, and lawmakers note Ukrainians need more military equipment—not just blankets or night-vision gear. Congress has cleared a bill authorizing roughly $350 million in military and related support, enabling potential provision of anti-tank weapons, radars, surveillance drones, and other systems, though the White House has not yet decided on lethal aid. A bipartisan push, led by Dick Durbin, urges lethal assistance. The Ukraine Freedom Act, passed last December, allows but does not require lethal and nonlethal aid; the House has urged Obama to send lethal weapons. The president’s decision is expected soon.