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Biden to emphasize security, energy in Kiev

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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A shootout at the Russia-Ukraine border between an unidentified masked man and pro-Russian activists broke a United Nations brokered truce and left at least three dead on Easter Sunday, prompting a small memorial at the scene of the skirmish. (Associated Press Photographs)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame over Easter Sunday shootout

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks to lawmakers during a session at the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine's east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev resigns. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine PM vows to find ‘bastards’ behind anti-Semitic fliers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and the commander of the Western Military District, Anatoly Sidorov arrive to watch military exercises near St. Petersburg. Russia has shown off its new arsenal as it masses near Ukraine. (RIA-Novosti via Associated Press)

Tactical advantage: Russian military shows off impressive new gear

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

People stand at a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for eastern shootout

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

People stand at a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Lawmakers call for tighter sanctions on Russia

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Flowers from the Netherlands decorate St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Francis is celebrating Christianity's most joyous day, Easter Sunday, under sunny skies in St. Peter's. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukrainian prime minister accuses Putin of moving to restore Soviet Union

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser Susan Rice, right, accompanied by Ben Rhodes, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, speaks about President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Asia, Friday April 18, 2014 , at the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Asia seeks Obama’s assurance in territorial spats

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

A masked pro-Russian activist guards looks through a window of the regional administration building seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev resigns.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Diplomacy doesn’t move insurgents in Ukraine

By PETER LEONARD and NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Secretary of State Kerry arrived in Geneva on Wednesday for the high-stakes diplomatic meetings with Russia, Ukraine and the EU. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions _ for now

By LARA JAKES and JOHN HEILPRIN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Skeptics on all sides take aim of John Kerry’s tentative deal on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier is seen in a tank of the Ukrainian Army, as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government's hopes of re-establishing control over restive eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Ukraine: 3 killed after Black Sea base attack

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army react as they sit a top combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pro-Russian forces storm Ukraine national guard base; 3 killed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Hagel pledges nonlethal military aid to Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin in Ukraine by Schot, De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ALLARD: Brushing up on the Cold War with Putin, Ukraine

By Ken Allard

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a televised call-in show with the nation in Moscow, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

PRUDEN: When a bored president just ‘mails it in’

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Soldiers from the Ukrainian Army sit atop combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government's hopes of re-establishing control over restive eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Hagel to Ukraine: We can give you helmets, sleeping mats, non-lethal aid to counter Russians

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times