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President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Needing friends, Ukraine picks a fight with new language law

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

Ongoing fighting between rebels of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian government forces has resulted in collateral damage such as the destruction of civilians' homes. Western powers, though realizing the situation there is grim, are increasingly faced with few viable intervention options. (Reuters)

Ukraine fighters vow to press on in four-year conflict

By Seth J. Frantzman

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine blocks social networking sites with new sanctions against Russia

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, Denis Voronenkov visits a movie theater in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian police said Voronenkov was shot dead Thursday by an unidentified gunman at the entrance of an upscale hotel in the Ukrainian capital. Voronenkov, 45, a former member of the communist faction in the lower house of Russian parliament, had moved to Ukraine last fall and had been granted Ukrainian citizenship. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Synytsia)

Denis Voronenkov, Kremlin critic, killed by Russian agent, Ukraine says

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Forensic experts and police officers examine the scene following the killing of Denis Voronenkov in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Ukrainian police said Voronenkov was shot dead Thursday by an unidentified gunman at the entrance of an upscale hotel in the Ukrainian capital. Voronenkov, 45, a former member of the communist faction in the lower house of Russian parliament, had moved to Ukraine last fall and had been granted Ukrainian citizenship. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ex-Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev; Ukraine blames Russia

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE In this Friday, March 7, 2014 file photo, Yulia Samoylova sits on stage during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Ukraine's security service says it has prepared documents to ban Russia's contestant from this year's Eurovision song contest, but that a final decision has not been made. Russia chose Yulia Samoylova to represent the country in 2017's May 11-13 contest in Kiev. (AP Photo/Ekaterina Lyzlova, File)

Ukraine bans Russia’s entry to Eurovision song contest

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Russian announces its Eurovision entry

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Maria Ivanovna receives humanitarian aid from the charitable foundation of Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, whose vast wealth is founded on the industrial output of Donetsk coal-rich region. The foundation said this month that its work in the region was paralyzed after rebels blocked access to the relief warehouse. (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine coal blockades fuel nationalist tensions

By L. Todd Wood

Kiev's Denys Garmash, right, is lying on the pitch as he celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League Group G soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Olympiyskiy national stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Kiev defeated Tel Aviv by 1-0. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

UEFA charges Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas after fan violence

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FILE - This a 1944 file photo of part of the Babi Yar ravine at the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine where the advancing Red Army unearthed the bodies of 14,000 civilians killed by fleeing Nazis, 1944. Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. (AP Photo, file)

Ukraine marks Babi Yar massacre’s 75th anniversary

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, using increasingly aggressive rhetoric, accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin’s rumblings raise new fears of Ukraine conflict

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Ukrainian corruption and Russian dominance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Corruption may send Ukraine back to Russia

By James A. Lyons

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine’s corrupt oligarchs betray youths fighting for democracy

By L. Todd Wood

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks during an annual report in Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2016. Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country's embattled prime minister to resign, a move that would break apart the fragile ruling coalition. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

L. TODD WOOD: Ukrainian politicians doing Putin’s job for him

By L. Todd Wood

A woman sells vegetables in a street near Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Two pro-European parties that campaigned for tough reforms to battle corruption shared the lead Monday after Ukraine's parliamentary election, according to partial results. With more than half the votes counted, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's Popular Front was leading with 21.6 percent of the vote while President Petro Poroshenko's party had captured 21.5 percent. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukraine expands ban on Russian goods with meat, vodka embargo

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden paid his respects in honor of the "Heavenly Hundred" during a ceremony at the monument dedicated to them in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 7. The "Heavenly Hundred" is what Ukrainians call those who died during months of anti-government protests two years ago that ended in new leadership but not much change. (Associated Press)

Ukraine revolution ousted pro-Russia government, but ‘cancer of corruption’ remains

By Olga Rudenko - Special to The Washington Times

Russian Black Sea fleet ships are anchored in one of the bays of Sevastopol, Crimea, in this March 31, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov, File)

Ukraine preps for trade ban between mainland and Crimea

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he heads a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Alexadrovsky Hall in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool photo via AP)

DONALD LAMBRO: Now Russia turns to Syria

By Donald Lambro

Police officers give medical aid to a colleague after a grenade blast during a clash between protesters and police after vote to give greater powers to the east, outside the Parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Vladimir Donsov)

Grenade in Ukraine explodes, killing one officer; 100 injured in clashes

By Efrem Lukatsky and Yuras Karamanau - Associated Press

Police officers give medical aid to a colleague after a grenade blast during a clash between protesters and police after vote to give greater powers to the east, outside the Parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Vladimir Donsov)

L. TODD WOOD: Kiev erupts over status changes in the East per Minsk Agreement

By L. Todd Wood