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In this image from video provided by the Moscow City Court, opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart symbol standing in a cage during a hearing to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, The prison sentence on the leading Kremlin critic was a severe blow to Russia's opposition — and then the situation got worse. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny calls for protests against ‘insane czar’ Putin

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People look at the gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital. (AP Photo/Serhii Nuzhnenko)

Russia batters Ukraine; both sides say ready for more talks

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

U.S. Army service members assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receive travel briefs prior to deployment to the U.S. Army Europe and Africa area of operations, from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 28, 2022. The armored brigade recently completed a nine-month deployment supporting U.S. allies and partners in the Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony Ford) **FILE**

Quick deployment of 8,800 troops based at Fort Stewart called ‘very hectic and stressful’

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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon hits China for blaming U.S. for Ukraine invasion

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Bitcoin prices have surged in recent days, Wednesday, March 2, as investors once again appear to view the volatile cryptocurrency as safe haven for their money in the midst of rising geopolitical tensions. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Bitcoin again viewed as safe haven amid geopolitical tension

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

Ukrainian children living in Panama play under a Ukrainian national flag during a protest against Russia´s invasion of Ukraine, in Panama City, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Rep. Paul Gosar, 2 other Republicans vote against resolution backing Ukraine

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Russian Su-30 fighter jets taxi before take off for a training mission in Krasnodar Region, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Vitaliy Timkiv)

Lack of Russian air power in Ukraine a mystery

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Ovechkin (8) skates against the Ottawa Senators at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Jonesi, All-Pro Reels.)

Companies distancing from Ovechkin amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

A boy holds Russian and Chinese flags before a welcoming ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 25, 2016. Three weeks ago, on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries &quot;has no limits.&quot; But that was before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a gambit that will test just how far China is willing to go. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China won’t join Western financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense, walks in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russia renewed its assault on Ukraine's second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new devastating war in Europe.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Fighting rages as Ukraine discussions continue

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to chair a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 25, 2022. Putin is raising fears that he has become more reckless, more committed to restoring the USSR, perhaps more likely to set off a world-altering war. There's no way to determine from a distance whether the Russian president is becoming unstable or if he is simply preying on the West's fears. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin nuclear threat part of new escalation policy

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Polish soldier carries a baby of a Ukrainian refugee upon their arrival at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Seven days into the war, roughly 874,000 people have fled Ukraine and the U.N. refugee agency warned the number could cross the 1 million mark soon. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

For those closest to war, a sense of kinship, duty emerges in the struggle

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Washington. Biden is en route to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats’ divide on banning Russian oil imports complicates Biden’s woes

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Kateryna Suharokova holds her newborn son Makar in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. In makeshift shelters and underground railway platforms across Ukraine, families trying to protect the young and old and make conditions bearable amid the bullets, missiles and shells outside. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian maternity ward moves to basement for shelter

By Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi look on. (Saul Loeb, Pool via AP)

Biden seeks to reassure anxious nation in first State of the Union speech

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Police detain demonstrators during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Monday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns despite mass arrests. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia widens internal crackdown on anti-war protesters; more than 6,400 arrested

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian people must depose Putin now

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President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Zelenskyy talk by phone as Ukrainian leader rallies West

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on delusions over Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Russia, Ukraine and the West’s grand delusion of freedom

By Clifford D. May

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ukraine receives Starlink satellite internet equipment from Elon Musk; security concerns remain

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times