US President Barack Obama signed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, RIA Novosti reported the State Department's spokesperson's statement.
"He signed it yesterday," Jen Psaki, the State Department's spokesperson said on Dec.17 at a press briefing, when asked about the sanctions bill that sanctions bill president Obama is about the sign.
A December 17 update to the White House website shows the legislation is still pending Obama's signature.
Despite his opposition to the bill, Obama said he intended to sign the Ukraine Freedom and Support Act after the measure easily passed the US House of Representatives and Senate.
The bill authorizes, but does not mandate the president to provide lethal and non-lethal aid to the Ukrainian government and to impose a new round of economic sanctions on Russia's defense, energy and finance sectors.
White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said on Dec.16 that Obama intended to sign the Ukraine Freedom Support Act by the end of the week.
In September, during his visit to the United States, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko pressured the Congress and US President Barack Obama to provide more lethal and non-lethal military equipment to the Ukrainian forces, but the White House rebuffed his request for weapons.