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People queue to receive flour at a food donation spot in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

EU condemns Russia for sparking food crisis as part of Ukraine invasion

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lyudmila, 85, tends to the garden in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This image released by Carnegie Hall shows a performance fundraiser at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, May 23, 2022, that raised $350,000 for Ukrainian relief efforts. (Chris Lee/Carnegie Hall via AP)

Richard Gere helps Carnegie Hall raise money for Ukraine

Associated Press

FILE - Damage is seen on apartment buildings after shelling from fighting on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, in territory under control of the separatist government of the Donetsk People's Republic, March 29, 2022. 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/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Workers in Mariupol, Ukraine unearth more horrors

By Elena Becatoros and Okeksandr Stashevskyi and Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

An image taken with permission from the passport photo page of Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev. Bondarev, a veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva says he handed in his resignation before sending out a scathing letter on Monday May 23, 2022 to foreign colleagues inveighing against the aggressive war unleashed by President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. (Boris Bondarev via AP)

‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’: Russian diplomat to U.N. resigns over war

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Few visitors walk inside the GUM department store in Moscow, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 4, 2022. Three months after the Feb. 24 invasion, many ordinary Russians are reeling from those blows to their livelihoods and emotions. Moscow's vast shopping malls have turned into eerie expanses of shuttered storefronts once occupied by Western retailers. (AP Photo, File)

After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022, on the six-month anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law. He is joined by, from left, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and National Economic Council director Brian Deese. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Buttigieg calls for a Marshall Plan-style rebuilding of Ukraine

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Cars pass by destroyed Russian tanks in a recent battle against Ukrainians in the village of Dmytrivka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian casualties in Ukraine match USSR’s Afghan record, say U.K. intel officials

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The United Nation flag waves in the wind on the top of an UN building in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, June 14, 2021. A veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva says he handed in his resignation before sending out a scathing letter to foreign colleagues inveighing against the “aggressive war unleashed” by President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Boris Bondarev, 41, confirmed his resignation in a letter delivered Monday morning at the Russian diplomatic mission after a diplomatic official passed on his English-language statement to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File )

‘Never have I been so ashamed’: Russian envoy criticizes war

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Taiwan's U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries pass during the Republic of China National Day parade in Taipei, Taiwan on Oct. 10, 2007. The Biden administration has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the island’s missile defense systems as it faces increasing pressure from China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File) **FILE**

Biden says U.S. would use military to defend Taiwan if China invades

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003 file photo, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein meets with his leadership to mark the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the biggest feast of the Muslim calendar in Baghdad, Iraq. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. From left to right are Vice President Taha Ramadan, Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, Presidential Secretary Abd Hmud. (AP Photo/INA, File)

Vladimir Putin and Saddam Hussein case study: Do tyrants heed their minions?

By Daniel Pipes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks on a screen inside a so-called Russian War Crimes House alongside the World Economy Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Sunday, May 22, 2022. An exhibition with pictures documenting suspected Russian war crimes in the Ukrainian war are to be shown in the house. The annual meeting of the World Economy Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022.

Zelenskyy urges ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in Davos talk

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin attends a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. The court sentenced the 21-year-old soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing a Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Russia accused of spreading disinformation

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman works during the exhumation of killed Russian soldiers at their former positions near the village of Malaya Rohan, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Wednesday May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Russian casualties keep rising in Ukraine; top generals in the crosshairs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin attends a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. The 21-year-old soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war in Ukraine plead guilty on May 18 to killing an unarmed civilian. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian sentenced to life in Ukraine’s 1st war crimes trial

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

Russian troops pet their military dog as they guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. The Kherson region has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the Russian military action in Ukraine. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Abandoned Russian K-9 now working for Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the People's House inside the Ministry of National Defense, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden signs $40 billion Ukraine aid bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo)

Who were Mariupol’s last defenders?

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FILE - A spectator holding a Russian flag watches during the men's singles third round match between Russia's Daniil Medvedev and Croatia's Marin Cilic on day six of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday July 3, 2021. The ATP men’s professional tennis tour will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. The ATP announced its decision Friday night, May 20, 2022, two days before the start of the French Open — and a little more than a month before play begins at Wimbledon on June 27. It is a highly unusual and significant rebuke of the oldest Grand Slam tournament. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Why will Russia’s Ukraine war affect Wimbledon?

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, Andrii Deshchytsia, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 20, 2022. Ukraine's ambassador to neighboring Poland says his country is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainians, but hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that helping those fleeing the war does not come “at the cost of the Polish people.” Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia said that while there have been no real social tensions in the three months since Ukrainians began crossing into Poland seeking safety, he worries they could appear in the future given how much Poland has done. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Poles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press