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People cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. In Irpin, near Kyiv, a sea of people on foot and even in wheelbarrows trudged over the remains of a destroyed bridge to cross a river and leave the city. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)

Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations, but battles continue

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

A factory and a store burn after having been bombarded in Irpin, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia snubs U.N. court hearings in case brought by Ukraine

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Russia's Hand in reclaiming the defunct Soviet Union Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Russia’s no-longer hidden hand of inciting inter-ethnic conflict

By Thomas Goltz

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a remote video press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

China calls Russia its chief ‘strategic partner’ despite war

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers and militiamen carry a woman in a wheelchair as the artillery echoes nearby, while people flee Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022. Russia announced yet another cease-fire and a handful of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee Ukraine. Previous such measures have fallen apart and Moscow's armed forces continued to pummel some Ukrainian cities with rockets Monday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russian shelling intensifies as Ukrainian citizens still trapped in cities

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An elderly lady is assisted while crossing the Irpin river, under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, as civilians flee the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. What looked like a breakthrough cease-fire to evacuate residents from two cities in Ukraine quickly fell apart Saturday as Ukrainian officials said shelling had halted the work to remove civilians hours after Russia announced the deal. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate Ukrainian civilians

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

An armored personnel carrier burns and damaged light utility vehicles stand abandoned after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The city authorities said that Ukrainian forces engaged in fighting with Russian troops that entered the country's second-largest city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Marienko Andrew)

Western media suspend Russian operations after Duma passes punitive law

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin claims Ukraine invasion going as planned

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Vladimir Putin speaks to employees at the Energomash, leading Russian rocket engine company, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 12, 2019. Putin visited the factory on the Cosmonauts Day, a holiday marking Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight to space, to promise that the government would earmark funds to develop new rocket technologies. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

What does Putin want? Lack of clear endgame hovers over fierce Ukraine fighting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Passengers rush to board a train leaving to Slovakia from the Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russian forces have escalated their attacks on crowded cities in what Ukraine's leader called a blatant campaign of terror. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Ukraine refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege ports

By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dash Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to chair a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 25, 2022. Putin is raising fears that he has become more reckless, more committed to restoring the USSR, perhaps more likely to set off a world-altering war. There's no way to determine from a distance whether the Russian president is becoming unstable or if he is simply preying on the West's fears. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin nuclear threat part of new escalation policy

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Russian chess suffers as war divides two great powers of the game

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Local militiamen help an old woman crossing a bridge destroyed by artillery, as she tries to flee, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2. 2022. Russian forces have escalated their attacks on crowded cities in what Ukraine's leader called a blatant campaign of terror. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia escalates in Ukraine as global opposition mounts

By Guy Taylor, Tom Howell Jr. and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This handout photo released by Ukrainian Emergency Service shows emergency service personnel inspecting the damage inside the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, Tuesday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics Ukraine’s embattled president said were designed to force him into concessions in Europe’s largest ground war in generations. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia pummels Kharkiv, Ukraine’s No. 2 city, as 40-mile convoy nears Kyiv

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Ukrainian Emergency Service, a burnt car is seen in front of a damaged City Hall building, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, Tuesday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital - tactics Ukraine's embattled president said were designed to force him into concessions in Europe's largest ground war in generations. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russians feel the economic pain as war grinds on with Ukraine

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walks under a camouflage net in a trench as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

Putin’s disinformation machine falters as pro-Ukrainian, anti-Russian narratives take hold

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Mr. Yanukovych's visit is aimed at gaining Chinese support for Ukraine's battered economy. The country's economic malaise has helped fuel ongoing protests in Kiev. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Putin’s war tests China’s nuclear pact with Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Ukrainian delegation leaves a Belarusian military helicopter upon their landing in Gomel region, Belarus, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for their first talks Monday. The meeting is taking place in Gomel region on the banks of the Pripyat River. (Sergei Kholodilin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Ukraine seeks to join EU as first round of talks with Russia ends with no agreements

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers inspect a damaged military vehicle after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The city authorities said that Ukrainian forces engaged in fighting with Russian troops that entered the country's second-largest city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Marienko Andrew)

Russian forces overextended, at risk of being ‘picked apart,’ top U.S. analyst warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinping’s government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to U.S. and European markets by doing too much. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin threat tests China’s nuclear umbrella pact with Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times