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In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to cancel a resolution that sanctions the use of military force in Ukraine. Putin wrote to the head of parliament's upper house asking that a March 1 request authorizing the use of force in neighboring Ukraine be withdrawn. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Obama Reaper Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: The agenda an enemy would devise

By James A. Lyons

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Congress is stepping up pressure on the White House to confront Russia over allegations that it is cheating on a key nuclear arms treaty, a faceoff that could further strain U.S.-Moscow relations and dampen President Barack Obama's hopes to add deeper cuts in nuclear arsenals to his legacy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

By phone, Obama urges Putin to promote peace in eastern Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to speak at a navy parade marking Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. Angry with the West's response over Ukraine, Russia is moving rapidly to bolster ties with North Korea in a diplomatic nose-thumbing that could complicate the U.S.-led effort to squeeze Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons program. Russia's proactive strategy in Asia- which also involves cozying up to China and had been dubbed &quot;Putin's Pivot&quot; - began years ago as Moscow's answer to Washington's much touted rebalancing of its military forces in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File) **FILE**

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire plan

Associated Press

Illustration on benefits of domestic natural gas production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

DRIESSEN: Fighting Russia with U.S. natural gas exports

By Paul Driessen

A pro-Russian fighter holds a gun during a handover of the bodies of Ukrainian troops killed in a plane shot down near Luhansk, at a check point in the village of Karlivka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The two sides managed to arrange a brief truce Wednesday evening in the eastern town of Karlivka to allow pro-Russian forces to hand over the bodies of 49 Ukrainian troops who died when the separatists shot down a transport plane bound for the airport in Luhansk last weekend. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

NATO: Russia sent thousands of troops back to Ukraine border

By Vladimir Isachenkov and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Joe Biden vows U.S. will ‘impose further costs’ on Russia for Crimea

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Miners march during a rally in support of peace in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Hundreds of miners went on a protest walk through the streets of central Donetsk on Wednesday, trying to express support for a peaceful resolution to the eastern Ukraine conflict, ongoing for almost four months. Slogans read: No to NATO, Stop War, For Federalization. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s president offers cease-fire in east

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Photo illustration/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Golfing while the world burns

By Donald Lambro

The headquarters of Russia's state-run natural gas giant Gazprom in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 16, 2014. Russia said on Monday it would cut off gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said Moscow had no legal grounds to supply Ukraine with any more gas because Ukraine had not paid its bills.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia says it’s cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New satellite images reveal that Russian tanks have crossed the border into the eastern part of Ukraine, NATO announced Sunday. (ACO - NATO)

Satellite images show Russian tanks cruising eastern Ukraine, NATO reports

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A pro-Russian fighter guards the site of remnants of a downed Ukrainian army aircraft Il-76 at the airport near Luhansk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Pro-Russian separatists shot down the military transport plane Saturday in the country&#8217;s restive east, killing all 49 service personnel on board, Ukrainian officials said. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine says pro-Russian separatists shot down military transport plane; 49 dead

Associated Press

A pro-Russian fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The city has been an epicenter of a nearly two-month standoff between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, who have seized administrative buildings, police stations and border posts across the region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine minister says 3 tanks crossed border from Russia: ‘Part of this column has been destroyed’

By David McHugh and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE - Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko waves after the inauguration ceremony at parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine’s president Saturday, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Strumkovsky)

Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine’s president

Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father's, Vice President Joe Biden's, debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Vice President Biden’s trip to Ukraine this weekend, June 7-8, 2014, to support that nation’s fragile democracy comes weeks after his youngest son, Hunter, 44, was hired by a private Ukrainian company that promotes energy independence from Russia. Hunter Biden’s employment means he will be working as a director and top lawyer for a Ukrainian energy company during the period when his father and the rest of the Obama administration attempt to influence the policies of Ukraine’s new government, especially on ever-important energy issues since Ukraine is an important natural-gas and petroleum-liquids transit country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Ukrainian energy firm hires Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, as lawyer

By Stephen Braun - Associated Press

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Pro-Russian separatists take WWII-era tank from memorial to ‘engage in combat’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A large screen shows a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day in Ouistreham, western France, Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Putin faces off with Obama in first meeting since Ukraine crisis

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Biden, McCain to head U.S. team at Ukraine inauguration

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama British Prime Minister David Cameron speak during a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama opens door for ‘businesslike’ meeting with Putin

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Obama: Russia’s ‘dark tactics’ in Ukraine won’t stand

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times