The US House of Representatives gives final approval to a $US45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as Ukraine says it repelled attacks on at least 17 settlements in eastern Ukraine.
US officials say, however, that the single Patriot battery that Mr Biden told Mr Zelenskyy would be supplied to Ukraine would not change the course of the war.
Kyiv and the Biden administration are wary that retaining US Congressional support for aid could become more complicated when Republicans take a slim majority in the House in the new year: a few right-wing Republicans oppose aid and other lawmakers have called for tighter oversight.Ukrainian soldiers fire a Pion artillery system at Russian positions near Bakhmut.
Moscow is now focused on holding areas its forces occupy in southern and eastern Ukraine — around a fifth of the country. It added that Kremlin forces had launched 12 missile and air strikes, including on civilian targets, away from the front lines in eastern and south-eastern Ukraine.
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