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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2018 file photo, damage can be seen to one of three Ukrainian ships seized by Russia during a naval incident near the annexed Crimean Peninsula. A top official from Ukraine has told the BBC in remarks posted on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, that the country plans to again send its warships into the Sea of Azov, a move that could set the stage for another clash with Russia. (AP Photo, File)

Official: Ukraine plans another naval foray into Sea of Azov

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991, U.S. President George H. Bush, left, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sit together at the Soviet Embassy after meeting in Madrid, Spain. Former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev expressed his "deep condolences" Saturday Dec. 1, 2018, to the family of former U.S President George Bush and all Americans following his death, age 94. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

CROSSTALK: Is this what George H.W. Bush envisioned?

By Edward Lozansky

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking at a closed-door synod of three Ukrainian Orthodox churches to approve the charter for a unified church and to elect leadership in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Poroshenko has told the crowd &quot;the creation of our Church is another declaration of Ukraine's independence and you are the main participants of this historic event.&quot; (Mykhailo Markiv, Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine Orthodox OKs break with Russian church

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Ukrainian fighter jet crashes on landing, pilot is killed

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Volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps attend a rally against Russia in front of the Ukrainian President's office in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Some hundreds from the far-right party National Corps waved flags and protested. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

NATO steps up strategic Ukraine aid after push by Trump administration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 2, 2018 file photo, former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Moscow. A lawyer representing Yanukovych said on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, that his client will be unable to appear before a Kiev court because of injuries sustained on a Moscow tennis court. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Yanukovych trial bleeds into Ukrainian presidential election

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, left, talks to European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini prior a meeting of EU Foreign Affairs ministers at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU eyes ways to bolster Ukraine economy amid Russia tension

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2010, photo a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 km (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. In a combative start to his NATO visit, President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that a pipeline project has made Germany &quot;totally controlled&quot; by and "captive to Russia" and blasted NATO allies' defense spending, opening what was expected to be a fraught summit with a list of grievances involving American allies. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Political table set for battle over Nord Stream 2 in Germany

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet lands on the deck of the U.S. Navy USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) ** FILE **

U.S. warns Russia with ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Soldiers of the Ukrainian air assault units board a military cargo aircraft at a military base in the Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. The long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine that started with Russia's annexation of Crimea spilled into the open on Nov. 25 when the Russian coast guard fired upon and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews, to which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko responded by introducing a martial law for 30 days and Ukraine has beefed up its forces on the border with Russia. (Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service via AP)

Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on permanent Ukrainian neutrality by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A solution for the Ukrainian quagmire

By Pascal Lottaz and Herbert Reginbogin

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin arrives for the 25th Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, ministerial council meeting, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, second left, addresses Ukrainian soldiers as Canadian Army Lieutenant General Jean-Marc Lanthier stands at center, and commander of U.S. Army in Europe Christopher Cavoli stands right, during military drills in base Honcharivske, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ukraine’s president announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia, saying Monday that the country needs to beef up its defenses to counter the threat of a Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week

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A Ukrainian serviceman stands on board a coast guard ship in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The Ukrainian military has been on increased readiness as part of martial law introduced in the country in the wake of the Nov. 25, 2018 incident in the Sea of Azov, in which the Russian coast guard fired upon and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels along with their crews. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine: Shipping traffic resumes following Russia standoff

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A Ukrainian serviceman stands on board a coast guard ship in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The Ukrainian military has been on increased readiness as part of martial law introduced in the country in the wake of the Nov. 25, 2018 incident in the Sea of Azov, in which the Russian coast guard fired upon and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels along with their crews. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The Latest: Ukraine seeks NATO support over Russia standoff

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A Ukrainian border guard stands ready at the border from Russia to Ukrainian side of the Ukraine - Russia border in Milove town, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. On a map, Chertkovo and Milove are one village, crossed by Friendship of Peoples Street which got its name under the Soviet Union and on the streets in both places, people speak a mix of Russian and Ukrainian without turning choice of language into a political statement. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia

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A priest speaks on the phone next to empty seats after the blessing service of the National Cathedral, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Tens of thousands of Romanians gathered for the blessing of a grandiose Orthodox cathedral, also called the &quot;Salvation of the People&quot; cathedral, consecrated to mark 100 years since modern-day Romania was created in the aftermath of World War I. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukrainian police search homes of Russian Orthodox priests

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Local people walk through at Saturday's market in Milove, a small town at the border between Ukraine and Russia, in Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine urges German naval presence in Black Sea

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Illustration on Russian aggression against Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin’s course of action in Ukraine mirrors his takeover of Crimea

By Jed Babbin

A view of the 1000-year old Monastery of Caves in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. The Ukrainian intelligence agency is searching the home of the father superior of Kiev's biggest and oldest monastery which is part of the Russian Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s leader: Orthodox faithful to get religious freedom

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