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A patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Russian troops entering Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

By Elena Becatoros and Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, arrives for the extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. European Union leaders will gather Monday in a fresh show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders agree to watered-down compromise on Russia energy sanctions

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Donetsk People's Republic militia's multiple rocket launcher fires from its position not far from Panteleimonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russian troops storm city amid eastern Ukraine bombardments

By Elena Becatoros and Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders press Putin on food crisis, call for diplomacy to end war in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A woman prays at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

By Yuras Karmanau and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

In this satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, Russian forces are deployed in the town of Kolodyazi, approximately 11 kilometers northeast of Lyman, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Vehicles are positioned near buildings throughout the town. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

By Yuras Karmanau and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

By Ricardo Mazalan and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

A woman is evacuated by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | Luhansk gov. denies Russians surround city

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Dina walks out of her home ruined by shelling in Horenka, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Mayor: Some 1,500 killed in Sievierodonetsk

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House won’t lift sanctions despite Russian pressure amid looming food crisis

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A local resident walks next to a house destroyed in a Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

As Ukraine war grinds, world pushes for way to get grain out

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NATO and U.S. tactical line and Ukraine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NATO and U.S. have clearly crossed the tactical line in supporting Ukraine

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

A Russian soldier guards an area at the Alley of Glory exploits of the heroes - natives of the Kherson region, who took part in the liberation of the region from the Nazi invaders in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II right in the background. The Kherson region has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the Russian military action in Ukraine. Three months after it invaded Ukraine hoping to overtake the country in a blitz, Russia has bogged down in what increasingly looks like a war of attrition with no end in sight. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Russian lawmakers approve ending age limit for military service

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A residents enters her home building ruined by shelling in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away. Those in towns and villages near the front lines hide in basements from constant shelling, struggling to survive with no electricity or gas — and often no running water. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen on a screen as addresses the audience from Kyiv during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, May 23, 2022. Ukraine's president said Wednesday, May 25, 2022 that Russia must pull back to its pre-war positions as a first step before diplomatic talks, a negotiating line that Moscow is unlikely to agree to anytime soon. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Ukraine: Russia must withdraw to pre-war positions for talks

By Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba o Feb. 12, 2016. Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, wishing him prayers on a feast day, as the Vatican insists on maintaining cordial relations amid mounting criticism of its stance from within the Catholic hierarchy. The website of the Moscow Patriarchate published the brief letter of greetings Francis sent Patriarch Kirill on his name day Tuesday to mark the feast of St. Cyril, a saint important to both Catholics and Orthodox. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope greets Russian patriarch, criticized for ‘naive’ policy

By Nicole Winfield and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Nazia 30, who has lost four children due to severe malnutrition, holds her malnourished baby in a hospital in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Some 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five will face malnutrition by the end of the year. , as hospitals wards are already packed with sick children . (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition

By Rahim Faiez and Lee Keath - Associated Press

Russian troops walk in a destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 18, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Three months after it invaded Ukraine hoping to overtake the country in a blitz, Russia has bogged down in what increasingly looks like a war of attrition with no end in sight. (AP Photo, File)

200 bodies found in Mariupol as war rages in Ukraine’s east

By Elena Becatoros, Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese and Russian aggression looms large over ‘Quad’ summit in Tokyo

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden: Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion

By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press