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An Ukrainian soldier stands holding an anti-aircraft rocket launcher on his shoulder at an undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

Despite successes, Ukraine faces a tough slog as Russia digs in

By James Lechner - Special to The Washington Times

A damaged building seen at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Strikes hit residential buildings in the heart of Ukraine's capital Tuesday, authorities said. Further south, officials announced probes of alleged Russian abuses in the newly retaken city of Kherson, including torture sites and enforced disappearances and detentions. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Russia launches new airstrikes on Ukraine during G-20 summit; U.S. condemns the attacks on civilians

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A damaged building seen at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Strikes hit residential buildings in the heart of Ukraine's capital Tuesday, authorities said. Further south, officials announced probes of alleged Russian abuses in the newly retaken city of Kherson, including torture sites and enforced disappearances and detentions. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Russian airstrikes reported in cities across Ukraine

By John Leicester - Associated Press

President Joe Biden makes a statement after a meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden: ‘Unlikely’ explosions in Poland caused by missiles fired from Russia

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Commission report reveals China’s plan for war on Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. President Biden is asking Congress to hand over another $10 billion in funding to combat COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, and an additional $37.7 billion in aid to Ukraine as Congress begins debate on its next spending measure ahead of a mid-December deadline. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

White House asks Congress for $48 billion to battle COVID, aid Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Russian missiles blamed as two die in strike inside Poland

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Russian airstrikes reported in cities across Ukraine

By John Leicester - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden talks to the media during a press conference ahead of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

G-20 to hold tough on Russia, urge end to Ukraine war

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

New Afghan Army special forces members attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month training program at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, three former Afghan generals told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan commandos are being exploited by Russia, Iran

By Daniel Elkins

Ukrainian soldiers sit in a pickup in central Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. The Russian retreat from Kherson marked a triumphant milestone in Ukraine's pushback against Moscow's invasion almost nine months ago. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Zelenskyy calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2021, file photo, CIA Director William Burns testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

CIA chief meets Russian counterpart in Turkey, warns of consequences if Putin uses nukes in Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit Sept. 20, 2022. China toned down its rhetoric on Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 21, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing island comes under its control but that it would promote efforts to achieve that peacefully. The comments came one day after the U.S. and Canadian navies sailed through the strait between China and Taiwan. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo/U.S.Navy via AP)

Congress moving forward on military aid package for Taiwan as Biden aims to cool tensions with China

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Ukrainians gather in downtown to celebrate the recapturing their city, Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. Residents of the battered city remain without heat, water and electricity and short on food and medicine as winter approaches. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who awarded medals to Ukrainian soldiers in Kherson on Monday, said the city is laced with booby traps and mines, and Ukrainian authorities say there are signs of atrocities emerging. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii, File)

Road to recovery long for newly liberated Kherson as CIA chief emphasizes price if Russia uses nukes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainians gather in downtown to celebrate the recapturing of their city Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. People across Ukraine awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River from Kherson. The Ukrainian military said it was overseeing &quot;stabilization measures&quot; around the city to make sure it was safe. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)

After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep driving out Russia

Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman checks the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Oct. 12, 2022. Russia relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine on Friday Nov. 11, 2022, clearing the way for victorious Ukrainian forces to reclaim the country’s only Russian-held provincial capital that could act as a springboard for further advances into occupied territory. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Ukraine celebrates, Russia reels as Kherson re-capture may mark war’s turning point

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian female soldier poses for a photo against a Kherson sign in the background, in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Dagaz)

Ukrainian police, TV broadcasts return to long-occupied city

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to a speech from Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen during the ASEAN - U.S. summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Biden scrambles for a Plan B with Iran nuclear deal on life support

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Volunteers and paramedics carry an elderly evacuee from Kherson into a hall upon evacuees arrival to Dzhankoi, Crimea, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered a troop withdrawal from Kherson and nearby areas on Wednesday after his top general in Ukraine reported that a loss of supply routes during Ukraine's southern counteroffensive made a defense &quot;futile.&quot; (AP Photo)

Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine

By Hanna Arhirova and John Leicester - Associated Press

Evacuees from Kherson walk from a bus upon their arrival to Dzhankoi, Crimea, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered a troop withdrawal from Kherson and nearby areas on Wednesday after his top general in Ukraine reported that a loss of supply routes during Ukraine's southern counteroffensive made a defense &quot;futile.&quot; (AP Photo)

Ukrainian forces move in as Russia pulls out of occupied Kherson

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times