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An instructor shows a Kalashnikov assault rifle as members of a Ukrainian far-right group train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Russia denies it intends to invade but has massed well over 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border and has sent troops to exercises in neighboring Belarus, encircling Ukraine on three sides. U.S. officials say Russia's buildup of firepower has reached the point where it could invade on short notice. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected as crisis brews

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

While Ukrainian troops prepare for an anticipated Russian invasion, the Biden administration is urging Americans to leave. Several airlines said Sunday that they were canceling or diverting planes away from the country. (Associated Press)

U.S. says it will respond decisively even though Ukraine downplays Russian invasion threat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Caption: A woman holds a weapon during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Is Ukraine a case of saber-rattling or a hybrid war?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Viktor Orban delivers his annual state of the nation speech in Varkert Bazaar conference hall of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Feb 12, 2022. He is preparing with his right-wing party FIDESZ for the upcoming elections on April 3. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

Hungarian PM warns of refugee wave if Russia invades Ukraine

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

An American flag flies on top of the White House, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Washington. With the risk of war looming larger, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes telephone call Saturday as a tense world watched and worried that an invasion of Ukraine could begin within days. Biden conducted the call from Camp David. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House sees ‘no fundamental change’ after call with Putin

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A woman walks past the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. As the State Department strongly urges Americans to leave the country, a U.S. non-profit that aided in the evacuation of U.S. citizens and refugees from Afghanistan is preparing to assist with potential rescue operations in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

State Department orders staff to leave U.S. embassy in Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Washington. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Pentagon pulls U.S. troops out of Ukraine

By Joseph Clark and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, starts the men's skeleton run 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Olympian flashes ‘No War in Ukraine’ sign after competing

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

A view of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. U.S. officials told The Associated Press that the State Department plans to announce Saturday that virtually all American staff at the Kyiv embassy will be required to leave. The State Department would not comment. The department had earlier ordered families of U.S. embassy staffers in Kyiv to leave. But it had left it to the discretion of nonessential personnel if they wanted to depart. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Afghan evacuation nonprofit preps for potential rescue operation in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu watch the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Sept. 13, 2021. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia's demands. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden to speak with Putin as U.S. warns Ukraine invasion could be imminent

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug costs at the Daniel Technology Center of Germanna Community College – Culpeper Campus, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Culpeper, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden urges Americans in Ukraine to ‘leave now’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen check their equipment during an exercise in a Joint Forces Operation controlled area in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country's borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

State Department toughens warning on travel to Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby takes a question from a reporter during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pentagon: No reporters with the Europe-bound troops

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks encouraging Americans to take advantage of tax credits, including the expanded Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

VP Harris to attend high-profile Munich Security Conference amid Ukraine crisis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman provides area security during a visit by Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of the Joint Forces Operation, to frontline positions outside Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

State Dept.: Russia set to provoke Ukraine invasion

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russia, Putin and the Ukraine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Today’s tragicomedy threatens to burn down the world stage

By Edward Lozansky

Ukraine not a U.S. problem

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Macron traveled to Moscow in a bid to help defuse tensions amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine that fueled fears of an invasion. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Diplomatic shuttle: Macron in Kyiv after Putin talks

By Sylvie Corbet and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Messages that might help to avoid a worst case scenario in a Russo-Ukrainian war (SPONSORED)

Messages that might help to avoid a worst case scenario in a Russo-Ukrainian war

By RussiaHouse.org

Illustration on Ukraine and nuclear weapons by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Ukraine would have nothing to worry about if it had maintained its nuclear force

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.