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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Ukraine vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks

By Efrem Lukatsky - Associated Press

Firefighters were unable to save a house during shelling Monday night in Donetsk, Ukraine. The artillery exchange between government troops and Russia-backed rebels killed several people. (Associated Press)

Russia-Ukraine clashes spark fears Vladimir Putin may greenlight offensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, inspects military armored personnel carriers during his visit to the State Border Guard Service in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Fierce fighting in Ukraine as cease-fire deadline approaches

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Russian President Vladimir Putin walks out during a break in talks in Minsk, Belarus Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/ Sergei Grits)

Vladimir Putin: Leaders agree on deal for Ukraine cease-fire

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on Thursday emerged from marathon 16-hour talks to announce a comprehensive peace deal for eastern Ukraine. (Associated Press)

Ukraine peace deal brokered by European leaders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko holds Russian passports claiming they are proof of the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine as he addresses the 51. Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. The conference on security policy takes place from Feb. 6, 2015 until Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Stringer)

Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine president, pushes for fast cease-fire, defensive arms

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Pro-Russian rebels help a priest to put bodies of killed Ukrainian soldiers in a truck on a check point captured by pro-Russian rebels at the town of Krasniy Partizan, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. The fighting continues despite several cease fire declarations. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Pro-Russian separatists launch offensive; rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday that talks with his counterparts from Ukraine, France and Germany will focus on situation in the Eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, says Ukraine talks should focus on frontline

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Myroslava Gongadze, wife of murdered opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze lay flowers in honor of the protesters who were killed in clashes with the police during the demonstrations in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The protests known as Euromaidan were sparked by then President Viktor Yanukovych's decision in November 2013 to freeze ties with the West and tilt toward Moscow. The protests drew hundreds of thousands, leading to a bloody crackdown by security forces in late February 2014 and the eventual ouster of Yanukovych as he fled to neighboring Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

SUGHED Joe Biden dodges angry crowd at Ukraine memorial

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Joe Biden retreats from angry crowd in Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Putin says he could have troops inside Poland ‘in two days’: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ukraine president repeats plea for U.S. military aid

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, right, meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 18, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama pledges U.S. support to Ukraine’s Poroshenko

By Maggie Ybarra and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Ayotte calls for ‘lethal assistance’ in Ukraine

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, waves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Poroshenko is seeking more robust U.S military assistance to help his country in its fight against Russian-backed rebels and will also be meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House pledges additional aid to Ukraine in fight against Russian-backed separatists

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Europe looks for new sanctions to impose on Russia over Ukraine crisis

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A local resident passes by camouflaged pro-Russian tank in the town of Novoazovsk, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebels&#8217; disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine reaching ‘point of no return,’ says E.U. Commission head

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama confesses: ‘We don’t have a strategy yet’ for dealing with Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Members of the OSCE examine the scene of a shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine, helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country's east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)

Ukraine, NATO, US: Russian forces inside Ukraine

By DALTON BENNETT - Associated Press