<span style="color: #222222;">The European Union is stepping up aid for Ukraine and is moving toward granting temporary protection to those fleeing Russia's military operation.<br />''<br />'' EU Commission President Urusla von announced it will give temporary residence permits to the refugees and allow them rights to education and work in the 27-nation bloc.<br />''<br />''The move still has to be approved by the member states, but they already expressed broad support over the weekend.<br />'' <br />''Der Leyen yesterday already committed at least half a billion euros of the bloc's budget to deal with the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine.</span><br />