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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, second left, addresses Ukrainian soldiers as Canadian Army Lieutenant General Jean-Marc Lanthier stands at center, and commander of U.S. Army in Europe Christopher Cavoli stands right, during military drills in base Honcharivske, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ukraine’s president announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia, saying Monday that the country needs to beef up its defenses to counter the threat of a Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week

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A Ukrainian border guard stands ready at the border from Russia to Ukrainian side of the Ukraine - Russia border in Milove town, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. On a map, Chertkovo and Milove are one village, crossed by Friendship of Peoples Street which got its name under the Soviet Union and on the streets in both places, people speak a mix of Russian and Ukrainian without turning choice of language into a political statement. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia

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Local people walk through at Saturday's market in Milove, a small town at the border between Ukraine and Russia, in Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine urges German naval presence in Black Sea

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A Ukrainian border guard speaks to a driver of a car from Russia at the checkpoint at the border with Russia in Hoptivka, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Ukrainian officials announced earlier on Friday that all Russian men aged between 16 and 60 will be barred from entering Ukraine for the duration of the 30-day-long martial law. (AP Photo/Pavlo Pakhomenko)

Ukraine cites massive buildup of Russian forces along border

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to soldiers during a visit to a military base in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov, 28, 2018. Russia and Ukraine traded blame after Russian border guards on Sunday opened fire on three Ukrainian navy vessels and eventually seized them and their crews. The incident put the two countries on war footing and raised international concern. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)

Ukraine urges NATO to deploy ships amid standoff with Russia

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Ukraine's president on Monday urged parliament to impose martial law in the country to fight &quot;growing aggression from Russia,&quot; after a weekend naval confrontation off the disputed Crimean Peninsula in which Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels amid renewed tensions between the neighbors. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)

Ukraine-Russia clash is not America’s fight

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko leads the National Security and Defence Council meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Russia's coast guard opened fire on and seized three of Ukraine's vessels Sunday, wounding two crew members, after a tense standoff in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian navy said. (Mykhailo Markiv, Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Trump fails to single out Russia in Ukraine spat

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Illustration on Ukrainian president Poroshenko's financial connections to Moscow by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Ukrainian Petro Poroshenko’s business ties suggest, close connections with the Kremlin

By Alexandr Dubinsky

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

Ukraine presidential candidate Oleksandr Onyshchenko

By L. Todd Wood

Critics accuse Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko — a former candy magnate and an ally of the Trump administration — and his allies of bribing lawmakers, profiting from corrupt business deals and hampering efforts to clean up corruption that has plagued the country since it gained independence after the Cold War. (Associated Press)

Vitaliy Shabunin faces jail in Ukraine corruption fight

By Olga Rudenko — Special to The Washington Times

Police patrol in front of hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 where the Munich Security Conference will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine’s Poroshenko renews push for UN troops

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In this June 20, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former Soviet republic’s conflict. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

New war in East Ukraine?

By L. Todd Wood

President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ukraine corruption cuts far deeper than many know

By L. Todd Wood

Oleksandr Onyshchenko Ukraine dissident

By L. Todd Wood

Supporters of the Former Georgian President and former Ukraine official Mikhail Saakashvili wait his arriving at Krakovets check point on Ukrainian-Polish border, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Saakachvili is going to return to Ukraine although both his Ukrainian and Georgia passports are no longer valid. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Saakashvili, backers break through into Ukraine

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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, attends a military parade to celebrate independence day in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. The Ukraine officially declared itself independent from the Soviet Union on April 24, 1991. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

James Mattis in Kiev says Moscow wants to redraw borders by force

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine blocks social networking sites with new sanctions against Russia

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Maria Ivanovna receives humanitarian aid from the charitable foundation of Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, whose vast wealth is founded on the industrial output of Donetsk coal-rich region. The foundation said this month that its work in the region was paralyzed after rebels blocked access to the relief warehouse. (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine coal blockades fuel nationalist tensions

By L. Todd Wood

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, centre, and and French President Francois Hollande pose for a picture prior a summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mikhail Palinchak/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine says agreement reached on road map

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Illustration on Ukrainian corruption and Russian dominance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Corruption may send Ukraine back to Russia

By James A. Lyons