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In this image made available by 331/332 Squadron of the Norwegian Air Force a Russian TU-95 Bear H flies over International waters off the coast of Norway on Friday Aug. 17, 2007. Eleven Russian military planes exercised West of Norway on Friday in the biggest show of Russian air power in the Norwegian Sea since the early 1990s, a military official said. The planes included strategic bombers, airborne early warning aircraft, fighter jets and refueling planes, said Brig. Gen. Ole Asak, chief of the Norwegian Joint Air Operations Center. (AP Photo by 331/332-Squadron of the Norwegian Air Force/Scanpix, HO) ** NORWAY OUT **

Russian spy plane encroaches on NATO-patrolled airspace

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives to Milan's International fair for the second day of a ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Russian leader Vladimir Putin was meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and key Western leaders in an attempt to negotiate a full end to hostilities in Ukraine that could ease sanctions against Russia.(AP Photo/Felice Calabro')

Vladimir Putin rides wave of patriotism despite Russia’s economic woes

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Smoke rises behind Donetsk train station, not far from the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Donetsk airport is the focus of much of the fighting but has no immediate tactical significance for separatist forces who are devoid of any air power. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine sees fewer Russian troops in conflict zone

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Alexander Zakharchenko, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', centre, surrounded by pro-Russian rebels, walks in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border

By LAURA MILLS - Associated Press

A damaged sign on a Red Cross office is seen behind police tape after shelling, in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. A Red Cross staffer died Thursday when a shell landed near the group's office in Donetsk. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

White House condemns death of Red Cross worker in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Valentina Matviyenko (left), the speaker of Russia's Senate, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a State Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

Inside China: She said, Xi said

By Miles Yu

Rosneft opened a field of super-light oil in the Kara Sea, where the deposits reportedly exceed 750 million barrels. Its partnership with Exxon Mobil Corp., however, is put on hold because of U.S. sanctions against Russia over its military aggression in Ukraine. (Rosneft Press Service via Associated Press)

U.S. sanctions against Russia stymie Western oil companies’ Arctic aspirations

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Global Health Security Agenda Summit, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president said that in an interconnected world, outbreaks of deadly viruses like Ebola have the potential to affect every nation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama says U.S. ‘leading the world’ in Islamic State fight; GOP says strategy still absent

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Soldiers of Ukrainian army ride on a tank in the port city of Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire Friday to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation's east after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks in Minsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine gets U.S. counterinsurgency experts after saying it can’t ‘win the war with blankets’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this March 4, 2014 file photo, a monument to Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko is silhouetted against an apartment building with a sign advertising Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom, in Moscow, Russia. A senior administration official said Tuesday that Russia's largest banks could be the next targets of sweeping sanctions if Moscow further invades Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Russia, Ukraine in talks on gas as winter looms

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, speaks with Ambassador Vitaly Churkin during a UN Security Council meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at the United Nations. Members of the Security Council were expected to adopt a resolution that would require all countries to prevent the recruitment and transport of would-be foreign fighters preparing to join terrorist groups such as the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Russians laugh as Obama chides on Ukraine aggression

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The village of Novosvitlivka in eastern Ukraine, where this Orthodox icon is located, which was severely damaged during fighting. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Military chaplains in the trenches of Ukraine

By Sofia Kochmar - Catholic News Agency

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a terrestrial globe, with Russian territory colored pink, seemingly including Crimea, presented to him as a gift during his meeting with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, Russia, in this August 2014 file photo. As world leaders gather at the U.N., during the week of Sept. 22, 2014, the U.S. and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran. That’s likely just fine with Putin, since these issues distract from Russia’s presence in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev, Pool, File)

Russia wants to keep Ukraine off U.N. radar

By Steven R. Hurst - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, waves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Poroshenko is seeking more robust U.S military assistance to help his country in its fight against Russian-backed rebels and will also be meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House pledges additional aid to Ukraine in fight against Russian-backed separatists

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Ayotte calls for ‘lethal assistance’ in Ukraine

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ukraine president repeats plea for U.S. military aid

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, right, meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 18, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama pledges U.S. support to Ukraine’s Poroshenko

By Maggie Ybarra and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to lawmakers in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Ukraine's parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union on Tuesday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace deal. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine parliament ratifies EU pact

By Laura Mills - Associated Press