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A civil defense man stands guard at a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier walks past debris of a burning military truck, on a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia hits Ukrainian fuel supplies, airfields in new attacks

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

An apartment building damaged following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine in fierce fight against advancing Russian forces

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and James LaPorta - Associated Press

Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare to tow a damaged military truck in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s capital under threat as Russia presses invasion

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

In this file photo, Sergey Karjakin, of Russia, reaches in to take a white piece from his opponent, Magnus Carlsen, of Norway, in Game 12 of the World Chess Championship, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in New York. U.S. chess grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann, the target of cheating allegations at the highest level of the game, has made a counter-move against his accusers, filing a $100 million-plus lawsuit accusing world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, top U.S. grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and one of the biggest online chess-playing services of "colluding to blacklist" him from competing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Global chess body cancels big events in Russia over invasion

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to the media Feb., 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal judges would have to publicly disclose more about their finances under a bill approved by the Senate this week. The bipartisan bill by Cornyn and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is intended to make it easier for the public to find out if a judge's financial holdings could pose a conflict of interest in a case they are presiding over. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Sen. John Cornyn warns of new era of division in Europe

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Biden unveils new sanctions as Russia advances in Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A woman, her fingernails painted in the colors of the Ukrainian national flag, takes part in a protest against the escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine, near the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Europe braced for further confrontation Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, after tensions over Ukraine escalated dramatically when Russian President Vladimir Putin got the OK to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates

By Dasha Litvinova, Yuras Karmanau and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territory and rebel-held territory near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the U.S. was ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russia, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law in what he called the "beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine." (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Biden imposes new sanctions as Putin escalates war in Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock, Ramsey Touchberry and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaves a news conference in Sydney after talking about the situation in Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Australia has announced additional sanctions on Russia and is warning businesses to prepare for retaliation through Russian cyberattacks. Morrison said Wednesday that targeted financial sanctions and travel bans will be a first batch of measures in response to Russian aggression toward Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

The Latest: Israel supports territorial integrity of Ukraine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks about the situation in Ukraine at a news conference in Sydney, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Morrison says targeted financial sanctions and travel bans would be the first measures in response to Russian aggression toward Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

‘Thugs and bullies’: Nations sanction Russia over Ukraine

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

Ukrainians attend patriotic action "Mariupol is Ukraine" in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Russian lawmakers on Tuesday authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside the country a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the U.S. said an invasion was already underway there. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

World watches ‘the beginning of a Russian invasion’ in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prepares to address a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. World leaders are getting over the shock of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his forces into separatist regions of Ukraine and they are focusing on producing as forceful a reaction as possible. Germany made the first big move Tuesday and took steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO chief Stoltenberg says Russia ready to expand invasion of Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the United Nations, the U.N. Security Council meets for an emergency session on Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. (Evan Schneider/United Nations via AP)

World leaders focus on how to punish Russia over Ukraine

By Raf Casert and Foster Klug - Associated Press

Illustration on bad Biden foreign policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s policies are the ‘greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century’

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Demonstrators march along the street in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. Thousands of people in Odessa marched through the streets of the city in a show of unity on Sunday, marking the date on which, eight years ago, more than a hundred people were killed during Ukraine's Maidan revolution. Waving national flags and placards with slogans such as, 'No Putin, No Cry', people said they had come out to demonstrate against a potential Russian invasion, and said that they were prepared to defend their city if needed. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Putin mulls independence of separatist Ukraine regions

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Yuras Karmanau and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks via videoconference with members of the Russian Paralympic Committee team on the eve of the XIII Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says he may recognize the independence of two eastern Ukrainian regions

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, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. China's communist leaders face the dilemma of supporting a quasi-ally in backing Russian military operation against Ukraine while avoiding a collapse of Beijing's declared policy of respecting and never interfering in the internal affairs of other states. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

China expected to indirectly back Russia — with reservations — on Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Tanks and armored vehicles move during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Russia has deployed troops to its ally Belarus for sweeping joint military drills that run through Sunday, fueling Western concerns that Moscow could use the exercise to attack Ukraine from the north. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

Russia to continue military drills near Ukraine in Belarus

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, Russian marines take their position during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus. Russia has deployed troops to its ally Belarus for sweeping joint military drills that run through Sunday, fueling Western concerns that Moscow could use the exercise to attack Ukraine from the north. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

U.S. intel says Russia has decided to invade Ukraine

By Mike Glenn and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times