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Illustration on Russian aggression against Ukraine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. lunging at the next excuse for conflict with Russia

By Julia Gorin

Left to right, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Belgium's Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Foreign Minister of Netherlands Stephanus Blok lay flowers at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 7, 2021. (Ukrainian Foreign Minister Press Office via AP)

Ukraine says 2 soldiers killed in east amid Russia tensions

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks with servicemen as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. On the frontlines of the battle against Russia-backed separatists and in the halls of government in Kyiv, Ukrainians hold strong hopes for the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State — increased military aid and strong support for NATO membership among them. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

Ukraine wants aid, NATO support from Blinken’s visit

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Ukraine, Baltics, Poland leaders meet on Polish holiday

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Blinken off to London, Kyiv as Ukraine questions resurface

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This photo from Friday Sept. 11, 2020, shows former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, right, and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, left, during the Tunnel to Towers ceremony in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

EXPLAINER: What to know about the Giuliani investigation

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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken listens as President Joe Biden delivers remarks to State Department staff, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden foreign policy marked stumbles on Iran, Russia, China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Lavrov said in an interview published Wednesday that relations with the United States are now even worse than during the Cold War times because of a lack of mutual respect. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia rejects Ukraine’s push to revise 2015 peace deal

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan residence. The former New York City mayor has been under investigation for several years over his business dealings in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

This handout photo released on Thursday, April 22, 2021 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu watches drills form a board of military helicopter in Crimea. The Russian military is conducting massive drills in Crimea involving dozens of navy ships and thousands of troops in a show of force amid tensions with Ukraine. The maneuvers were described as the largest since Russia annexed Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula in 2014 and threw its weight behind separatist insurgents in eastern Ukraine. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian defense chief scoffs at Western warnings on Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

France’s Macron presses Putin over Navalny, Ukraine

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This photo released on Thursday, April 22, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows Russian military vehicles preparing for loading into a plane for airborne drills during maneuvers in Crimea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) ** FILE **

Russia orders troop pullback, but keeps weapons near Ukraine

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Putin Ukraine Strategy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. tested by Putin’s Ukraine playbook

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Putin's state-of-the-nation speech comes amid a new surge in tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and a hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny protesting a lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin’s Ukraine blackmail

By Jed Babbin

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Putin's state-of-the-nation speech comes amid a new surge in tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and a hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny protesting a lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Putin vows a ‘quick and tough’ Russian response for its foes

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

This handout photo released on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian navy ships are seen during navy drills in the Black Sea. Russia has insisted that it has the right to close areas of the Black Sea for foreign naval ships and rejected Ukrainian and Western criticism of the move. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia defends foreign navy limits amid buildup near Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this June 3, 1961, photo, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy talk in the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in a suburb of Vienna. The meeting was part of a series of talks during their summit meetings in Vienna. Monday, May 29, 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of Kennedy's birth. (AP Photo/File)

CROSSTALK: How to avoid WWIII

By Edward Lozansky

A woman waves a European Union flag in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

EU estimates 150,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

In this photo released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading Friday to Paris to discuss the tensions with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

France, Germany, Ukraine call for Russian troops withdrawal

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Illustration on Ukrainian membership in NATO by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Ukraine needs a pathway to NATO membership

By Brian McNicoll