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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, waves to people in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Ukraine's president announced plans Sunday to boost his country's defense spending by an estimated 50 percent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. President Petro Poroshenko made his pledge to spend an extra 40 billion hryvnia ($3 billion) by 2017 during a speech marking Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. (AP Photo/Presidential Press Service, Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

Ukrainian president dissolves parliament

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

The debris field at the crash site was grisly and widespread. Pro-Russia separatists declared a three-day cease-fire for recovery efforts and investigation of the passenger plane downing that killed all 298 people aboard on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Shot out of the sky: Malaysian airliner downing stokes tensions between Ukraine, Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Smoldering wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Malaysian passenger plane shot down in Ukraine, interior minister says

By Peter Leonard and Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

A Ukrainian paratrooper sits in an APC at a checkpoint near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine claims victory in pro-Russian rebel stronghold

By Yuras Karmanau and Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

Ukrainian president ends unilateral ceasefire

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Ukraine, EU sign historic trade and economic pact

By John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to cancel a resolution that sanctions the use of military force in Ukraine. Putin wrote to the head of parliament's upper house asking that a March 1 request authorizing the use of force in neighboring Ukraine be withdrawn. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to speak at a navy parade marking Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. Angry with the West's response over Ukraine, Russia is moving rapidly to bolster ties with North Korea in a diplomatic nose-thumbing that could complicate the U.S.-led effort to squeeze Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons program. Russia's proactive strategy in Asia- which also involves cozying up to China and had been dubbed &quot;Putin's Pivot&quot; - began years ago as Moscow's answer to Washington's much touted rebalancing of its military forces in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File) **FILE**

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire plan

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Joe Biden vows U.S. will ‘impose further costs’ on Russia for Crimea

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A pro-Russian fighter holds a gun during a handover of the bodies of Ukrainian troops killed in a plane shot down near Luhansk, at a check point in the village of Karlivka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The two sides managed to arrange a brief truce Wednesday evening in the eastern town of Karlivka to allow pro-Russian forces to hand over the bodies of 49 Ukrainian troops who died when the separatists shot down a transport plane bound for the airport in Luhansk last weekend. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

NATO: Russia sent thousands of troops back to Ukraine border

By Vladimir Isachenkov and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Miners march during a rally in support of peace in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Hundreds of miners went on a protest walk through the streets of central Donetsk on Wednesday, trying to express support for a peaceful resolution to the eastern Ukraine conflict, ongoing for almost four months. Slogans read: No to NATO, Stop War, For Federalization. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s president offers cease-fire in east

By David McHugh - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE - Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko waves after the inauguration ceremony at parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine’s president Saturday, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Strumkovsky)

Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine’s president

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A sticker with Donetsk people's republic colors is seen on the hunting rifle of a local man who came to a check point on a road leading to the airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The eastern city of Donetsk was in turmoil Tuesday a day after government forces used fighter jets to stop pro-Russian militia from taking over the airport. Dozens were reported killed and the mayor went on television to urge residents to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine sees Russia as source of insurgent threat

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Firefighters work at a burnt ice hockey arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Early Tuesday, a group of unidentified men stormed Donetsk's main ice hockey arena, which was to host the 2015 world championships and set it ablaze, according to the mayor's office. The ice hockey arena belongs to Ukrainian lawmaker Boris Kolesnikov. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

Rebel says 30 insurgents killed in eastern Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched air strikes Monday against separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern capital of Donetsk in what appeared to be the most visible operation of the Ukrainian troops since they started a crackdown on insurgents last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Dozens reported killed in eastern Ukraine fighting

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and Vitali Klitschko, pause, during a press conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine launches airstrikes against gunmen

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, right, is welcomed by his supporters during a rally in Kruvuy Rig, Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2014. A Presidential vote in Ukraine is scheduled for May 25. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Candy tycoon the front-runner for Ukraine’s next president

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