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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after his talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk, Belarus. Putin is flying to Mongolia on Wednesday Sept. 3, for a working visit amid soaring tensions with Washington and NATO over a Kremlin-backed offensive in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

France suspends warship delivery to Russia over Ukraine concerns

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Mongolia's President Elbegdorj Tsakhia during their meeting at the State Palace in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Obama: Russia ‘reaching back to the days of the czars’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Paratroopers from The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepared for and executed a test of its contingency response abilities here Nov. 21, 2013 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Army)

Rapid Trident: U.S. ground troops to train in Ukraine next week

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Rockets propelled by RD-180 engines transport U.S. national security satellites to space. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. military dependence on Russian rocket engines raises security concerns

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

President Obama traveled last year to Estonia, where he tried to reassure NATO members of the alliance's promise to defend against Russian aggression under President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Obama travels to Estonia to reassure nervous Baltic leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez: Ukraine needs U.S. weaponry to defend itself against Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama called Russia President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Moscow was violating the 1994 treaty.
Nearly three weeks later, Russia annexed Crimea. (Associated Press)

Obama inaction on Russia invasions of Ukraine could impede nuclear disarmament

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

FILE In this file photo taken on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during his and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after their talks in Moscow, Russia . Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov urged those holding a new round of talks Monday on easing Ukraine’s crisis to push for a cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Pro-Russian rebels lower demands in peace talks

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez: Russia has launched a direct attack on Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama will leave Washington on Tuesday for Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia that left the Soviet Union and joined the 28-nation military bloc in 2004. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to reassure jittery NATO members after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Europe looks for new sanctions to impose on Russia over Ukraine crisis

Associated Press

Ukrainian troops evacuated from the rebel-held town of Starobesheve, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Ukrainian government forces have succumbed to a sequence of military failures and seen their holdings in the conflict-ridden east shrink in recent days as Russian-backed rebels continue their fast-paced offensive. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russia ‘practically in a war state’ with EU, says Lithuanian leader

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A local resident passes by camouflaged pro-Russian tank in the town of Novoazovsk, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebels&#8217; disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine reaching ‘point of no return,’ says E.U. Commission head

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) northwest of Moscow, in Tver region, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on pro-Russian separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers who have been surrounded by the rebels in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Rep. Devin Nunes: The bear out there

By Rep. Devin Nunes

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Russian fund with US advisers eludes sanctions

By JEFF HORWITZ and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) northwest of Moscow, in Tver region, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on pro-Russian separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers who have been surrounded by the rebels in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: ‘I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A camouflaged pro-Russian tank seen in the town of Novoazovsk, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pro-Russia separatists take firm control of coastal town of Novoazovsk

Associated Press

Members of the OSCE examine the scene of a shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine, helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country's east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)

Ukraine, NATO, US: Russian forces inside Ukraine

By DALTON BENNETT - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama confesses: ‘We don’t have a strategy yet’ for dealing with Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times