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Latvians mark their ballots at a polling station during general elections in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Polling stations opened Saturday in Latvia for a general election influenced by neighboring Russia’s attack on Ukraine, disintegration among the Baltic country’s sizable ethnic-Russian minority and the economy, particularly high energy prices. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

Latvia’s centrists are predicted to win national vote

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya, left, keeps his hand down as some members of the U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution calling its referendums illegal

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin joins hands with Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, as they celebrate at the Kremlin during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

WH announces ‘severe’ sanctions after Putin annexes regions in Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during celebrations marking the incorporation of regions of Ukraine to join Russia in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Defiant Putin hails annexation of Ukrainian regions, says West wants Russia as ‘colony’

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Policemen walk at Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral and Lenin Mausoleum in the background ahead of a planned concert in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the four regions of Ukraine that held a referendum on joining Russia will attend a ceremony to sign documents on the regions' incorporation into Russia, which will be followed by a big concert on Red Square. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. A Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month. Approval would let President Joe Biden and his party claim a triumph on top priorities just as November’s elections approach. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House OKs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Ukrainian police officers collect fragments from a crater to determine the type of ammunition after a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions

By Jon Gambrell and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

FILE - Morning light lights the landfall facility of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, in Lubmin, Germany, on July 21, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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A man walks past a damaged building after a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Kremlin will annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday

By Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Taiwanese soldiers operate a Oerlikon 35mm twin cannon anti-aircraft gun at a base in Taiwan's southeastern Hualien county on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing's political control over the island. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Threat of Chinese invasion is ‘real,’ Taiwan’s foreign minister says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany have triggered concerns about possible sabotage. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she &quot;cannot rule out&quot; sabotage after three leaks were detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2. (Danish Defence Command via AP)

Pipeline mystery deepens as Russian energy leverage in the spotlight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russia's United Nations Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, left, confers with an aide, while Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations Security Council by video, Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia poised to annex occupied Ukraine after sham vote

By Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Marine Corps Sgt. Justin Russell, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, section chief with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines looks out over a firing range at Fort Stewart, Ga. during a training exercise, on June 13, 2015. Ukraine has received about a dozen American-built HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and has used them to strike Russian ammunition depots, which are essential for maintaining Moscow's edge in firepower. (Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)

Biden OKs $1.1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Valentina Bondarenko reacts as she stands with her husband Leonid outside their house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The 78-year-old woman was in the garden and fell on the ground at the moment of the explosion. &quot;Everything flew and I started to run away&quot;, says Valentina. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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NATO peace force in the Ukraine illustration by The Washington Times

Time for a disengagement force in Ukraine

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds binoculars while watching the military exercises Center-2019 at Donguz shooting range near Orenburg, Russia, in Sept. 20, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of its occupied regions that Moscow is about to absorb. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

How real are Putin’s nuclear threats in Ukraine?

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Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic speaks to journalists as he casts his ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Voting began Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

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The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline leading from Russia to Europe has reported a drop in pressure, only hours after a leak was reported in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea off Denmark, the German economy ministry said late Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage

By Monika Scislowska and Jan M. Olsen and David Keyton - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service released on Saturday, May 28, 2022, Russian soldiers control the situation sitting on a board of a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian air force during a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

‘Gross incompetence’: Russian bid to control Ukrainian airspace fails spectacularly, strategists say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An elderly woman casts her ballot during a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Voting began last Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-held areas stokes tension with West

By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press