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NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Paris, Wednesday April 9, 2014, as he talks about his mission to formulate a plan to help protect and reassure NATO members nearest Russia. NATO’s top military commander in Europe, Breedlove is tasked with drafting countermoves to the perceived Russian military threat against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Breedlove: NATO needs framework for aiding non-alliance nations

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Residents wave to pro-Russian rebels atop an armored personal carrier during a parade in the town of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

Analysts say the latest round of sanctions announced tightens the noose around Russia's energy sector, making it particularly hard to invest in long-term projects to tap into new sources of oil and gas. Such sanctions might tempt Moscow to halt the flow of gas and oil, particularly the large share of gas exported through the Gazprom pipeline that crosses through Ukraine. (Associated Press)

Russia sanctions risk return to recession for Europe’s shaky economy

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, as Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov listens Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Putin takes part in the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which brings together Russia, China and four former Soviet republics in Central Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klementyev, Presidential Press Service)

Ukrainian Prime Minister: Putin’s goal ‘is to take the entire Ukraine’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, as Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov listens Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Putin takes part in the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which brings together Russia, China and four former Soviet republics in Central Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klementyev, Presidential Press Service)

EU sanctions hit Russian oil companies, lawmakers

By JUERGEN BAETZ - Associated Press

Chinese (top) and Japanese ships steam side by side near islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol boats have been menacing the Japanese coast guard in an unusually relentless and escalating response to their latest maritime spat. Beijing says the ships from its marine surveillance service are merely defending Chinese sovereignty. (Associated Press)

Political upstarts in Japan prod U.S. back toward leadership role

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Pro-Russian rebels, right, followed by members of the OSCE mission, walk by plane wreckage as they arrive for a media briefing at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A team of Malaysian investigators visited the site along with members of the OSCE mission for the first time since last week's crash. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Malaysia Flight 17 likely downed by ‘high-energy objects’ outside plane, report says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on Russia's incursion into Ukraine by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

PIRCHNER: Russia’s costly Ukrainian conquest

By Herman Pirchner Jr.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

FEIN: National borders are not inviolate

By Bruce Fein

A soldier of the Ukrainian army sits 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 cease-fire appears to hold

By Jim Heintz and Laura Mills - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: We’ll impose more sanctions on Russia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Soldiers of special battalion "Azov" sit in an APC at a checkpoint in the port city of Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Shelling resounded on the outskirts of the city Friday as Russian-backed rebels pressed their offensive in the strategically key southeast just hours ahead of talks that are widely hoped to bring a cease-fire. Associated Press reporters heard heavy shelling on Friday morning north and east of Mariupol. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves to people in the city of Gorno-Altaisk, Siberia, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin says peace deal looms, depending on Ukraine’s nod

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. A day ahead of a NATO summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his own peace plan for eastern Ukraine, calling on the Russian-backed insurgents there to "stop advancing" and urging Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the region. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Former Soviet Bloc nations fear Vladimir Putin assembling new USSR

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Stephen Curry of the US, right, shoots the ball in front of Ukraine's Dmytro during the Group C Basketball World Cup match, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The 2014 Basketball World Cup competition take place in various cities in Spain from Aug. 30 through to Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Americans rout Ukraine to finish pool play at Basketball World Cup

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves after a wreath laying ceremony at the monument to Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. As the Ukraine crisis intensifies, the NATO countries closest to Russia have been pushing the alliance to set up permanent bases with troops on their land _ with historical fears of Moscow heightened by new Russian aggression. But as the alliance holds a summit this week where the Polish and Baltic request will be discussed, it&#8217;s looking increasingly unlikely they will get that. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

LAMBRO: Speaking softly and carrying no stick

By Donald Lambro

President Obama spoke in Estonia about the need for NATO to defend its member states, many of whom are wary of Russian incursions similar to what has occurred in the Ukrainian theater. (Associated Press)

Obama: Ukrainian military needs NATO backing

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times