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Joe Biden retreats from angry crowd in Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine despite a September cease-fire agreement forged with Russia. (Associated Press)

Ukraine: Security deteriorating in rebel-held east

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine despite a September cease-fire agreement forged with Russia. (Associated Press)

Russia pushes into Ukraine, prompting Obama rebuke but no new sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Election officials empty a ballot box during rebel elections at a polling station in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. The pro-Russian rebels are holding the elections that were dismissed by Ukraine and the West as illegitimate. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Russia backs Ukrainians separatists’ election

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

In this March 4, 2014 file photo, a monument to Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko is silhouetted against an apartment building with a sign advertising Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom, in Moscow, Russia. A senior administration official said Tuesday that Russia's largest banks could be the next targets of sweeping sanctions if Moscow further invades Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Russia, Ukraine in talks on gas as winter looms

Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ukraine president repeats plea for U.S. military aid

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Obama traveled last year to Estonia, where he tried to reassure NATO members of the alliance's promise to defend against Russian aggression under President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Obama travels to Estonia to reassure nervous Baltic leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama called Russia President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Moscow was violating the 1994 treaty.
Nearly three weeks later, Russia annexed Crimea. (Associated Press)

Obama inaction on Russia invasions of Ukraine could impede nuclear disarmament

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

President Obama will leave Washington on Tuesday for Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia that left the Soviet Union and joined the 28-nation military bloc in 2004. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to reassure jittery NATO members after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Members of the OSCE examine the scene of a shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine, helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country's east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)

Ukraine, NATO, US: Russian forces inside Ukraine

By DALTON BENNETT - Associated Press

The debris field at the crash site was grisly and widespread. Pro-Russia separatists declared a three-day cease-fire for recovery efforts and investigation of the passenger plane downing that killed all 298 people aboard on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Shot out of the sky: Malaysian airliner downing stokes tensions between Ukraine, Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, a group of foreign defense attaches inspect at a yard and a house after shelling the Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine rebels reclaim village on Russian border

By Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 13, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents last week retreated from the strategic city of Slovyansk and holed up in Donetsk, a city of one million, and potentially the final frontier for the rebels. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine: Military plane shot down by rocket

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

A pro-Russian fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The city has been an epicenter of a nearly two-month standoff between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, who have seized administrative buildings, police stations and border posts across the region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine minister says 3 tanks crossed border from Russia: ‘Part of this column has been destroyed’

By David McHugh and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE - Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko waves after the inauguration ceremony at parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine’s president Saturday, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Strumkovsky)

Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine’s president

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One analyst suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin's shifting mood is connected to the realization that war with neighboring Ukraine would have "extremely unpredictable consequences" at home and in the international arena.
(Associated Press)

Cost of war: Russia’s curious reasoning for retreat in Ukraine

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

A sticker with Donetsk people's republic colors is seen on the hunting rifle of a local man who came to a check point on a road leading to the airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The eastern city of Donetsk was in turmoil Tuesday a day after government forces used fighter jets to stop pro-Russian militia from taking over the airport. Dozens were reported killed and the mayor went on television to urge residents to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine sees Russia as source of insurgent threat

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched air strikes Monday against separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern capital of Donetsk in what appeared to be the most visible operation of the Ukrainian troops since they started a crackdown on insurgents last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Dozens reported killed in eastern Ukraine fighting

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Firefighters work at a burnt ice hockey arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Early Tuesday, a group of unidentified men stormed Donetsk's main ice hockey arena, which was to host the 2015 world championships and set it ablaze, according to the mayor's office. The ice hockey arena belongs to Ukrainian lawmaker Boris Kolesnikov. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

Rebel says 30 insurgents killed in eastern Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - The Washington Times

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and Vitali Klitschko, pause, during a press conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine launches airstrikes against gunmen

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press