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Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde at the State Dept., Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in Washington. (Michael A. McCoy/Pool photo via AP)

Swedish officials visit Washington as country edges closer to NATO

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vehicles are on fire at an oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Makiivka, 15 km (94 miles) east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo)

Russia carries out late-night airstrikes as fears mount of an expanding war phase

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A dog rides in the back of a car as people fleeing the village of Ruska Lozova arrive at a screening point in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 29, 2022. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated to Kharkiv from the nearby village that had been under Russian occupation for more than a month. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Live updates l Zelenskyy urges Russian troops not to fight

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres leave a news conference during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Live updates | US official: Ukraine resistance slows Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A destroyed tank and a damaged apartment building from heavy fighting are seen in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

U.S., allied military leaders defy Kremlin with new Ukraine aid plans

By Mike Glenn and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Over 180 soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare to board a charter flight during their deployment to Germany from Hunter Army Airfield, Wednesday March 2, 2022 in Savannah, Ga. The division is sending 3,800 troops as reinforcements for various NATO allies in Eastern Europe. (Stephen B. Morton /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

A growing U.S. footprint in Europe brings hard questions for Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson speaks during a press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin ahead of a meeting on whether to seek NATO membership, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP)

Joint Sweden, Finland bid for NATO expected within weeks

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, left and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde take part in a joint press conference with Sweden's Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, and his Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen, in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 2, 2022, after talks on European security. Throughout the Cold War and in the decades since it ended, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO, until now. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe’s security outlook, including for Nordic neutrals Finland and Sweden, where support for joining NATO has surged to record levels. (Anders Wiklund, TT News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Russian invasion of Ukraine making NATO membership popular in Sweden

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on adding Finland and Sweden to NATO by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The potential consequences of Finland and Sweden joining NATO

By Sascha Glaeser

The tail of a missile in a yard of a residential area in a village of Senkivka, near the Belarus border, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The fluid nature of the conflict, which has seen fighting shift away from areas around the capital and heavily toward Ukraine's east, has made the task of reaching hungry Ukrainians especially difficult. (AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)

Live Updates | Russian’s Good Friday role angers Ukrainians

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 15, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia reportedly warns U.S., allies to stop arming Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, left and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde take part in a joint press conference with Sweden's Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, and his Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen, in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 2, 2022, after talks on European security. Throughout the Cold War and in the decades since it ended, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO, until now. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe’s security outlook, including for Nordic neutrals Finland and Sweden, where support for joining NATO has surged to record levels. (Anders Wiklund, TT News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Furious Russia warns Sweden, Finland over potential NATO bid

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is seen anchored in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, on Sept. 11, 2008. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged Wednesday, April 13, 2022, but not that it was hit by Ukraine. The Ministry says ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire whose causes &quot;were being established,&quot; and the Moskva's entire crew was evacuated. (AP Photo, File)

Sinking of storied flagship latest blow to Russian war push

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, left, and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin walk together prior to a meeting on whether to seek NATO membership, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP)

Finland, Sweden edge closer to joining NATO, draw Moscow’s fury

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen study a Sweden shoulder-launched weapon system Carl Gustaf M4 during a training session on the near Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 7, 2022. Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko, File)

Backfire: Sweden, Finland eye NATO in reaction to Russian invasion

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on March 17, 2016. Dvornikov was appointed the new military commander for the campaign in Ukraine. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Defiant Putin vows victory in Ukraine, denies atrocities

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A girl walks past presidential campaign posters at a school working as a polling station for French citizens who living in Chile to vote one day ahead of France's general elections in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Macron challenged by far right as French vote for president

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Biden's weakened America Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden sabotages America’s deterrence strategy

By Jed Babbin

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, April 7, 2022. NATO foreign ministers are meeting to discuss how to bolster their support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons to the conflict-torn country, without being drawn into a wider war with Russia. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Atrocity reports spur NATO states to boost arms supplies

By Lorne Cook and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Can Ukraine Win against Russia? Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Can Ukraine ever win?

By Victor Davis Hanson