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Poland's Robert Lewandowski controls the ball during the World Cup 2022 group I qualifying soccer match between Poland and England, at the Narodowy stadium in Warsaw, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Poland is refusing to play its World Cup qualifier against Russia next month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Polish soccer federation president said Saturday, Feb, 26, 2022. Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, the nation's all-time leading scorer, immediately responded to say it's the “right decision!” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) **FILE**

Poland refuses to play Russia in World Cup qualifier, cites Ukraine

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An apartment building damaged following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine in fierce fight against advancing Russian forces

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and James LaPorta - Associated Press

Numerous people demonstrate with signs and flags on Wilhelmsplatz in Stuttgart, Germany, against Russia's military deployment in Ukraine on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (Christoph Schmidt/dpa via AP)

In a major shift, Germany will send weapons to Ukraine

Associated Press

Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare to tow a damaged military truck in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s capital under threat as Russia presses invasion

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to Lebedinsky GOK Managing Director Oleg Mikhailov, left, as businessman and founder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, right, and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov stand behind him while visiting the Lebedinsky GOK JSC, in Gubkin, Belgorod Region, Russia, Friday, July 14, 2017. Usmanov is not on the sanctions list implemented in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The metals tycoon was an early investor in Facebook. His fortune is estimated at more than $14 billion. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. sanctions Putin personally for Ukraine invasion

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A view of the St. Petersburg Stadium prior to the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Russia and New Zealand, Saturday, June 17, 2017. Russia has been stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The men's final will still be held on May 28 but now at the 80,000-seat Stade de France after the decision by UEFA's executive committee. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Paris replaces St. Petersburg as Champions League final host

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

A body of woman from Ukraine, killed during shelling, lies under debris of a damaged house in Donetsk, in the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. The Russian military is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital. The advancement came after Russia unleashed airstrikes on cities and military bases and sent in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Ukraine military putting up better fight than expected, Pentagon says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Maneskin from Italy celebrate with the trophy after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 22, 2021. The European Broadcasting Union says that no Russian act will appear in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The union says in a statement Friday that given the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry would bring the competition into “disrepute.’’ (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) **FILE**

Russia kicked out of the Eurovision contest over Ukraine invasion

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after convening an online NATO leaders summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts will seek Friday to reassure member countries on the alliance's eastern flank that their security is guaranteed as Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine closes in on the capital Kyiv. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO vows to protect its territory after Russian attack on Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A man inspects the damage at a building following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

‘I don’t want to die’: Ukrainians fear as invasion closes in

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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. The just-concluded Winter Olympics werent China's big event of the year, internally, at least. For the Communist Party, that comes this fall at a major meeting that will likely cement Xi Jinping's position as one of the nation's most powerful leaders in its seven decades of Communist rule. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

China shared U.S. intelligence on Ukraine crisis with Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 file photo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, leads a Mass at the St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. Bartholomew has condemned Russia’s invasion in a phone call to the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the independent Orthodox Times website has reported. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

Eastern Orthodox spiritual leader condemns Russian invasion

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressees the nation in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to &quot;consequences you have never seen.&quot; (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the West

By John Daniszewski - Associated Press

People gather in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Battle for Kyiv: Russians assault Ukrainian capital city as death count rises

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian Army soldier inspects fragments of a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. It was unclear what aircraft crashed and what brought it down amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Vadim Zamirovsky)

Russians advance, Ukrainians resist as war builds in heart of Europe

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army walk on the tarmac at Pope Field ahead of deployment to Poland from Fort Bragg, N.C. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. They are among soldiers the Department of Defense is sending in a demonstration of American commitment to NATO allies worried at the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine. (AP Photo/Nathan Posner)

Pentagon: More troops heading to Europe following the Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Stock trader Arthur Brunner of ICF Bank AG watches his monitor on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Russian attack on Ukraine has sent stock markets worldwide on a downward slide in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. For the German benchmark index Dax, it went down by more than four percent at the start of trading. The other stock markets around the globe also slumped. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)

Wheat prices soar as exporting giants Ukraine, Russia clash

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying reacts during the daily press conference held at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Beijing. China’s customs agency on Thursday approved imports of wheat from all regions of Russia, a move that could help to reduce the impact of possible Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

China blames U.S. for inciting Ukraine conflict

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters while speaking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden bungles into another war

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

A damaged Ukrainian military facility in the aftermath of Russian shelling outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukraine early Thursday and Ukrainian officials said that Russian troops have rolled into the country from the north, east and south. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

War threatens European theater once again

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times