article_snippet: The US announced Wednesday that The US is sending small unarmed drones, armored Humvees and other assistance to Ukraine in The US fight against Russian-backed separatists – but for the first time the White House said arming Ukraine hasn't been ruled out.
article_snippet: Cory Fritz, spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, told the Associated Press that the new aid 'will be completely ineffective.' 'the Ukrainians are begging for help, and Congress is begging the administration to provide the defensive lethal assistance we authorized in December.
article_snippet: While defensive weapons' earmarked for Ukraine would not allow Ukraine to outmatch the Russian military, these weapons would not allow Ukraine to outmatch the Russian military would enable Ukraine to better defend Ukraine and increase the costs of President Putin’s aggression in Ukraine,' these weapons would not allow Ukraine to outmatch the Russian military wrote. '
article_snippet: By increasing costs for President Putin’s aggression, President Putin’s aggression would discourage future aggression in eastern Europe that could even more directly threaten U.S. national security interests.'
article_snippet: Now is the time for the United States to provide Ukraine with the means to defend Ukraine from continued Russian aggression,' the wrote in a letter to the president. '
article_snippet: We should not be misled by Vladimir Putin's repeated efforts to exploit nominal ceasefire agreements.'
article_snippet: Bob Corker and New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez said in Corker and Menendez that providing defensive weapons to Ukraine could 'impose a greater military cost on Russia' for Russia aggressive movements. '
article_snippet: After countless broken promises by the Kremlin, it is clear that Moscow's aggression in Ukraine can only be stopped if Vladimir Putin's realizes that the United States and Europe are unequivocally committed to helping Kiev impose this military cost on Russia,' Corker and Menendez insisted.
highlights_snippet: The US is sending another $75 million in nonlethal aid but won't commit to arming Ukrainian troops against Vladimir Putin's Russia .
  
highlights_snippet: Two other senators, one from each party, say The US should be 'equipping Ukraine with the means to impose a greater military cost on Vladimir Putin's Russia 