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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: Russia will respect result of Ukraine vote

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

High-ranking Ukrainian officers investigate at a gunfight site near the village of Blahodatne, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. At least 11 Ukrainian troops were killed and about 30 others were wounded when Pro-Russians attacked a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in the weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine. Three charred Ukrainian armored infantry vehicles, their turrets blown away by powerful explosions, and several burned vehicles stood at the site of the combat. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

13 Ukraine troops dead; over 30 wounded in attack

By Ivan Sekretarev and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in front of her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Deadliest day for Ukraine troops: 16 slain in raid

By IVAN SEKRETAREV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Pro-Russian gunmen atop of an armored personnel carrier with the words read &quot;Battalion Vostok (East) &quot; patrol a street in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. One rebel leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, retaliated Tuesday by threatening to nationalize Akhmetov’s assets over his refusal to pay taxes to the Donetsk People’s Republic. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

A man looks out of the back window of a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday May 19, 2014. Ukraine will hold presidential elections on May 25. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine’s hobbled navy: ‘Times are not the best’

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

A gunman aims his weapon in the hatch of a car at a local administration building preparing to patrol in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2014, with a huge Donetsk People's Republic flag in the background. Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House: No sign Russian troops pulling back

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A boy stands atop a seized APC that was set alight during a fighting between pro-Russian militants and government troops at Oktyabrskoye village, about 20 km. (12 miles) from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. At list six servicemen were ambushed and killed and eight others wounded Tuesday afternoon outside the town of Kramatorsk, Ukrainian defense ministry said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin: Ukraine must pre-pay for gas from June 1

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Pro-Russian insurgents with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic man a checkpoint by the Karl Marx coal mine seen in the background near Korsun, a small town about 30 km north-east from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The words on the wall of barricades read &quot; No fascism&quot;. The Donetsk People's Republic has proclaimed independence from Ukraine after a contentious autonomy referendum Sunday that has been rejected by the government and the international community. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine launches talks but its foes are missing

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Ukraine: 6 soldiers ambushed, killed in the east

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Members of election committee count ballots after voting closed at a polling station in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Voters in two insurgent Ukrainian regions cast ballots Sunday on whether to declare their areas sovereign republics, a move denounced by the central government and likely to deepen the turmoil in the largely Russian-speaking east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Kremlin seeks talks for Ukraine, not annexation

By Peter Leonard and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A gunman stands guard as pro-Russian protesters listen to a speaker as they declare independence for the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine on Monday, May 12, 2014. The words on the nameplate read "Luhansk". Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions following their contentious referendum ballot. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

White House blasts ‘illegal’ balloting results in eastern Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 29, 2014, file photo, Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaks to lawmakers during a session at the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

Ukraine’s leader gains stature with honest image

By Maria Danilova - Associated Press

Men carry the coffin of a person killed during last week's unrest, during a commemorative service in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The U.S. and European nations have increased diplomatic efforts ahead of Ukraine's May 25 presidential election, as a pro-Russian insurgency continues to rock the country's eastern regions. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Putin: Troops have pulled back from Ukraine border

By LAURA MILLS - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Swiss Federal President Didier Burkhalter hold a joint news conference in the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Russia has pulled back its troops from the Ukrainian border, Vladimir Putin told diplomats Wednesday as he urged insurgents in southeast Ukraine to postpone their planned referendum Sunday on autonomy. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

White House disputes Putin claim of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine border

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The pro-Russian gunmen surrounded a military base in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday and said they were holding negotiations with commanders inside to ensure that they did not join forces with government-allied groups. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Echoes of Russia’s Crimea, Ukraine strategy seen in Slovyansk, Odessa

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Roundup for Russia: Militants march Ukrainian state employees away from the regional administration building in Donetsk on Monday, continuing their campaign of seizing and ransacking government buildings across restive eastern Ukraine. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

With eye on Ukraine’s May 25 elections, U.S. warns Russia to quell crisis as violence intensifies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Elena Baltacha of Britain returns a shot to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during a second round women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Elena Baltacha dies of cancer at 30, months after retiring from WTA Tour

Associated Press

Pro-Russian gunmen guard the central square of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. Fighting broke out around dawn near Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border that has become the focus of the armed insurgency. Two helicopter crew members were killed in the crashes, both sides said, and the insurgents reported one member killed. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa

By Jim Heintz and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Andriy Poklonov, 35, his daughter Sofia, 8, and wife Evhenia, 35, pose for a photo in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2011. Despite the danger of war with Russia, the fear of losing more of their territory and tough economic times ahead, many Ukrainians in the center and west of the country are convinced that their country is moving in the right direction toward becoming a law-abiding European nation. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

Despite Russia crisis, Ukraine hopeful for future

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Masked pro-Russian activists march to storm an administration building in the center of Luhansk, Ukraine, one of the largest cities in Ukraine's troubled east, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as demonstrators demand greater autonomy for Ukraine's regions. The action on Tuesday further raises tensions in the east, where insurgents have seized control of police stations and other government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kiev: Ukraine’s police, security forces ‘helpless’ to restore order in east

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