House passes resolution urging Barack Obama to send arms to Ukraine

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There is bipartisan support in Congress to provide the arms to Ukrainian forces battling the rebels. Russian President Vladimir Putin denies arming rebels in the war in eastern Ukraine, which began in April after Moscow annexed the mostly Russian-speaking Crimean Peninsula.

U.S. State Department officials say Obama administration officials are discussing lethal assistance to Ukraine but are waiting to see whether the agreements that led to February’s cease-fire are implemented.