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Critics accuse Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko — a former candy magnate and an ally of the Trump administration — and his allies of bribing lawmakers, profiting from corrupt business deals and hampering efforts to clean up corruption that has plagued the country since it gained independence after the Cold War. (Associated Press)

Vitaliy Shabunin faces jail in Ukraine corruption fight

By Olga Rudenko — Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on strategies for the Ukraine crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Ukraine’s hybrid war

By Wesley Clark and Jack Keane

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands after giving his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Putin set a slew of ambitious economic goals, vowing to boost living standards, improve health care and education and build modern infrastructure in a state-of-the-nation address. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US steps up lethal aide to Ukraine: 210 anti-tank missiles

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ by Omer Bartov

By Joseph C. Goulden

Police guard in front of hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 where the Munich Security Conference will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Security conference in Germany brings together top officials

Associated Press

Police patrol in front of hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 where the Munich Security Conference will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine’s Poroshenko renews push for UN troops

Associated Press

Barty, Gavrilova to lead Australia vs Ukraine in Fed Cup

Associated Press

In the 1850s, during the British, French, and Turkish invasion known as the Crimean War, America sent arms and munitions as well as engineers and doctors to help the Russians.

The poor state of U.S.-Russia relations does not serve American interests

By Edward Lozansky

In this December 2017 photo Nicholas and Elizabeth Newby lay on a blanket at their home in High Point, N.C. The pair, who were adopted from Ukraine, both have Down syndrome - a fact that appealed to their adoptive parents, Dwight and Shannon Newby. (Laura Greene/The High Point Enterprise via AP)

N Carolina couple cherishes life with Down syndrome

By JIMMY TOMLIN - Associated Press

Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager, has sued special counsel Robert Mueller saying he exceeded his authority in the Russia investigation. (Associated Press)

Paul Manafort files lawsuit charging Mueller probe is illegal; says he was double-crossed

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Mikheil Saakashvili made true reform effort

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This Aug. 24, 2017, file photo shows Ukrainian soldiers marching along main Khreshchatyk Street during a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine. The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, including Javelin anti-tank missiles. That's according to several U.S. officials who weren't authorized to discuss the decision publicly and demanded anonymity Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: U.S. backs Ukraine with weapons

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mikhael Saakashvili is a revolutionary, and the country cannot afford another revolution

By Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

A car passes a destroyed tank abandoned on the road at a former Ukrainian army checkpoint that was overran last month by Russia-backed separatists during the offensive for Debaltseve, outside the city of Chornukhyne, Ukraine, near Debaltseve on March 2, 2015. (Associated Press)

State Dept. OKs ‘enhanced defensive capabilities’ for Ukraine, officials say lethal weapons included

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Dec. 22, 2014, photo provided by Riverhead Publishers shows journalist and author Masha Gessen, who writes extensively about Russia. Gessen said it was in 2015 — when cybersecurity firm Secureworks first detected attempts to break into her Gmail — that she began noticing people who seemed to materialize next to her in public places in New York and speak loudly in Russian into their phones, as if trying to be overheard. She said this only happened when she put appointments into the online calendar linked to her Google account. (Tanya Sazansky/Riverhead Publishers via AP)

Russian hackers targeted more than 200 journalists globally

By Raphael Satter, Jeff Donn and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

It's special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation that are in disarray, not President Trump. The probe has hit a massive speed bump. (Associated Press)

Mueller: Ukraine newspaper op-ed shows Manafort can’t be trusted to follow bail conditions

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Rex Tillerson: Russia arms, trains, fights with Ukraine rebels

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych speaks during the interview with The Associated Press, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine’s political and economic death spiral

By L. Todd Wood

The Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Mikheil Saakashvili at the entrance of his house in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ukraine's intelligence agency on Tuesday detained the former president of Georgia who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine detains former Georgian president, supporters rally

Associated Press

Ukrainian lawmakers scuffled during a parliament session in October. Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who now heads an opposition party, accuses President Petro Poroshenko of stalling reforms and covering up corruption. (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine’s anti-corruption promise fades by the day

By L. Todd Wood