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In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Police: More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region

By Adam Schreck and Yesica Fisch - Associated Press

FILE - A local resident walks past a damaged vehicle marked with the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, in the Ukraine city of Mariupol, on April 13, 2022. Unbroken by a Russian blockade and relentless bombardment, the key port of Mariupol is still holding out, a symbol of staunch Ukrainian resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin’s invasion plans. More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly superior Russian forces in ferocious battles amid the ruins of what once was a bustling city on the Sea of Azov coast. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Ukraine’s port of Mariupol holds out against all odds

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks to reporters on the campus of Montana State University Billings in Billings, Mont., on April 23, 2021. Pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market. Public anger over congressional stock trading has mounted since the first tremors of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

2 GOP lawmakers become first to visit war-torn Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is seen anchored in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, on Sept. 11, 2008. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged Wednesday, April 13, 2022, but not that it was hit by Ukraine. The Ministry says ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire whose causes &quot;were being established,&quot; and the Moskva's entire crew was evacuated. (AP Photo, File)

Sinking of storied flagship latest blow to Russian war push

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, greets Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., as he arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 14, 2022. A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers led by Republican Lindsey Graham from South Carolina arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a two-day visit that has already been denounced by China. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Taiwan publishes civil defense handbook as Ukraine spurs war fears

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A woman collects wooden planks in a street destroyed by shellings in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden says he’s considering sending U.S. officials to Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow escalates disinformation campaign in U.S.

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is seen anchored in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, on Sept. 11, 2008. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged Wednesday, April 13, 2022, but not that it was hit by Ukraine. The Ministry says ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire whose causes &quot;were being established,&quot; and the Moskva's entire crew was evacuated. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine says its missile strikes hit a Russian warship in the Black Sea

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, pallets of ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine are loaded on a plane by members from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Jan. 30, 2022. Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express. (Senior Airman Stephani Barge/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon: Ukrainian troops will need training for some U.S. weapons being shipped

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen study a Sweden shoulder-launched weapon system Carl Gustaf M4 during a training session on the near Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 7, 2022. Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko, File)

Backfire: Sweden, Finland eye NATO in reaction to Russian invasion

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks a media conference at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, March 21, 2022. Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow. “From this month on — no more Russian gas in Lithuania. Years ago, my country made decisions that today allow us with no pain to break energy ties with the aggressor. If we can do it, the rest of Europe can do it too!&quot; Nauseda tweeted Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)

Eastern European NATO leaders visiting Ukraine in show of support against Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, in Des Moines Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, en route to Washington. Biden said that Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to a "genocide," accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to "wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden pledges $800M in military aid to Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on March 17, 2016. Dvornikov was appointed the new military commander for the campaign in Ukraine. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Russia’s lamentable about-face

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

FILE - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gestures at a news conference during his meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The German government signaled irritation Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for the German president, but otherwise sought to sidestep tensions that have flared at a delicate moment in German policymaking on the war. Steinmeier, the largely ceremonial head of state, hoped to travel to Ukraine with his Polish and Baltic counterparts but said Tuesday that his presence “apparently ... wasn't wanted in Kyiv.” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Germany irritated by Ukraine’s snub of a presidential visit

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelenskyy praises Biden for labeling Russian actions as genocide

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks about digital assets policy at American University's Kogod School of Business Center for Innovation in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Yellen says China should urge Russia to end its Ukraine war

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A man rides a bicycle past destroyed vehicles and an apartment building in Yahidne, near of Dnipro, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Traffic drives in view of a massive Boeing Co. production plant, where images of jets decorate the hangar doors, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Boeing says global geopolitical concerns are a big reason why it is dropping more than 100 planes from its backlog of pending orders. The company said Tuesday, April 12, 2022, that it cut its backlog by 141 planes, and about two-thirds of those are for what it termed geopolitical considerations including sanctions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Geopolitics leads Boeing to downgrade dozens of jet orders

Associated Press

FILE - A woman walks with a power plant in the background, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, March 16, 2022. Ukrainian officials say Russian military hackers tried to knock out power to millions of Ukrainians last week in a long-planned attack but were foiled. However, the Ukrainians say the Russian hackers succeeded in penetrating and disrupting the industrial control system of one power station. The Ukrainians says the defenders were able to thwart any power loss. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Ukraine says potent Russian hack against power grid thwarted

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press