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Harnessing Putin and the Russian Bear Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

West must stand up against Russian aggression

By David Zaikin

U.S. Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division prepare to board a C-17 aircraft as they deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Biden says U.S., Germany ‘in lockstep’ on Ukraine amid tensions over Russian sanctions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

European leaders in Moscow, Washington on Ukraine crisis

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off its natural gas in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Biden vows to spike German pipeline if Russia strikes Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. French President Emmanuel Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

Macron heads to Moscow to try to ease Ukraine tensions

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

Kremlin is top destination for spooked European leaders

By Sylvie Corbet, Lori Hinnant and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

U.S. Army officers getting off a light plane at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, having arrived from Wiesbaden, Germany where a U.S. Army administration garrison is based. Additional U.S. troops are arriving in Poland after President Joe Biden ordered the deployment of 1,700 soldiers here amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some 4,000 U.S. troops have been stationed in Poland since 2017.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

U.S. airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid tensions

By Monika Scislowska and Czarek Sokolowski - Associated Press

Local residents attend the all-Ukrainian training campaign "Don't panic! Get ready!" close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Russia has denied any plans of attacking Ukraine, but urged the U.S. and its allies to provide a binding pledge that they won't accept Ukraine into NATO, won't deploy offensive weapons, and will roll back NATO deployments to Eastern Europe. Washington and NATO have rejected the demands. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

White House national security adviser warns: Russian war looms with ‘enormous human cost’

By Seth McLaughlin and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, as the two leaders look to project themselves as a counterweight to the U.S. and its allies. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia, China push back against U.S. in pre-Olympics summit

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands. In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO's response to the Russian security demands received last week. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

France’s Macron to visit Russia, Ukraine in mediation trip

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Putin's War in Ukraine Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Putin’s war, 20 years in the making, and Washington’s incompetence

By Rebekah Koffler

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present the highest state awards in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin heads to China to bolster ties amid Ukraine tensions

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File) **FILE**

Leaks show Washington ready to discuss offensive missiles with Russia to ease Ukraine tensions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, a soldier fires during a Russian and Belarusian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. Russian and Belarus troops held joint combat training at firing ranges in Belarus Wednesday as tensions remain high under the looming threat of war with Ukraine. The drills involved motorized rifle, artillery and anti-tank missile units, as well tanks' and armoured personnel carriers' crews. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian troops in Belarus for exercises to stay until at least Feb. 20

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian border guard patrols the border with Russia not far from Hoptivka village, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia's top security demands but says Moscow is willing to talk more to ease tensions over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

GOP lawmaker returns from Ukraine, gives Biden a C+ for handling Russia-Ukraine crisis

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) **FILE**

White House accuses Sen. Hawley of parroting Russian talking points on Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Jan. 18, 2022. Russia has concentrated an estimated 100,000 troops with tanks and other heavy weapons near Ukraine in what the West fears could be a prelude to an invasion. (AP Photo, File)

Biden OKs more troops to Eastern Europe as replies to Russia leak

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands. In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO's response to the Russian security demands received last week. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

If Putin wins, it’s not only Ukraine that loses

By Clifford D. May

Ukraine matters for American families illustration by The Washington Times

Why Ukraine matters for American families

By Joe Wilson

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands. In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO's response to the Russian security demands received last week. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Peeved Putin complains West ‘ignored’ demands as Blinken, Lavrov confer

By Ben Wolfgang and David R. Sands - The Washington Times