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Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade during the funeral ceremony for Volodymyr Yezhov killed in a battlefield with Russian forces, at St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Yezhov was a game designer in the development of the game Cossacks 2. He was also one of the authors of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Yezhov was also one of the most famous Ukrainian e-sportsmen — played StarCraft under the nickname Fresh. Since the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Yezhov went to the frontline and fought as part of the volunteer squadron. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Concessions refusals block any hope for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 8, 2017, photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece. President Biden said on Friday that the U.S. will move a U.S. Patriot missile system to Slovakia in exchange for Slovakia providing an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP) ** FILE **

Patriot missile system on verge of fighting Russia on battlefield

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People traveling from Russia in cars and coaches queue to cross the border to Finland at the Vaalimaa border check point in Virolahti, Finland, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. Soon, a stronger, higher fence will be erected on parts of the frontier. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Build the wall? Finland plans border fence with Russia as NATO membership looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People walk at the city center which lost electrical power after yesterday's Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Europe scrambles to help Ukraine keep the heat and lights on

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Russian tanks damaged in recent fighting are seen near the recently retaken village of Kamianka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian strikes leave 80% of Kyiv consumers without water

By Andrew Meldrum, Sam Mednick and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

A man crosses a footbridge during the dusk in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ukraine: Russia hits power site by Kyiv, guards seized land

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Illustration on Russian army ineptitude by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Is Putin’s army inept?

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

A Ukrainian serviceman holds his body armour on the top of Ukrainian Soviet-made T-64 tank in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Inna Varenytsia)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. North Korea says it has not exported any weapons to Russia during the war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, and said U.S. intelligence reports of weapons transfers were an attempt to tarnish North Korea's image. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

North Korea denies U.S. reports it is selling arms to Russia

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman collects fragments in the crater to determine the type of ammunition after a Russian attack that damaged some buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. A surge in fighting on the southern front line and a Ukrainian claim of new attacks on Russian positions fed speculation Tuesday that a long-expected counteroffensive has started to try to turn the tide of the war. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine takes the fight to the enemy with offensive in south

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, a MiG-31 fighter jet of the Russian air force lands at the Chkalovsk air base in the Kaliningrad region. The Russian Defense Ministry said three MiG-31 fighters equipped to carry Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were deployed to the region as part of &quot;additional measures of strategic deterrence.&quot; (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2021, file photo, CIA Director William Burns testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

CIA chief: China set for takeover of Taiwan in next few years

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank on a road, in Stupochky, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Ukrainians living in the path of Russia's invasion in the besieged eastern Donetsk region are bracing themselves for the possibility that they will have to evacuate. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Despite bravado, Russia seen ‘weakened’ by costs of Ukraine campaign

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A residents enters her home building ruined by shelling in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away. Those in towns and villages near the front lines hide in basements from constant shelling, struggling to survive with no electricity or gas — and often no running water. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin attends a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. The court sentenced the 21-year-old soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing a Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Russia accused of spreading disinformation

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman works during the exhumation of killed Russian soldiers at their former positions near the village of Malaya Rohan, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Wednesday May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Russian casualties keep rising in Ukraine; top generals in the crosshairs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Emergency workers prepare to remove the bodies of Russian soldiers in the village of Vilkhivka, recently retaken by Ukrainian forces near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin defends Ukraine war as Russia faces manpower shortages, global outrage

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Russians ‘getting their ass handed to them’ in Ukraine: Sen. Lindsey Graham

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times