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Ukraine deeply vulnerable to Russian energy threats — report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Col. Yuri Mamchur, commander of the Ukrainian garrison at the Belbek air base, lead his men to the base outside Sevastopol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian troops, who had taken control over Belbek airbase, fired warning shots in the air as around 300 Ukrainian officers marched towards them to demand their jobs back. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

OSCE sending military observer mission to Ukraine

By George Jahn - Associated Press

Russian soldiers fire warning shots at the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian troops, who had taken control over Belbek airbase, fired warning shots in the air as around 300 Ukrainian officers marched towards them to demand their jobs back. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Shots fired in Crimea as Kerry lands in Ukraine

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Ukrainian officers march at the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian troops, who had taken control over Belbek airbase, fired warning shots in the air as around 300 Ukrainian officers marched towards them to demand their jobs back. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukrainians soldiers caught in the middle in Crimea

By RAUL GALLEGO - Associated Press

Ukrainian navy corvette Ternopil is anchored at Ukrainian navy base in Sevastopol, Ukraine, early Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian troops said to be 16,000 strong tightened their stranglehold on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula Monday, openly defying the U.S. and the European Union and rattling world capitals and stock markets. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Putin talks tough but cools tensions over Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Ukrainians living in Italy protest outside the Russian embassy, in Rome, Monday, March 3, 2014. Demonstrators condemned Russian military actions in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Biden urges Russian PM to withdraw troops from Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in the Ukraine, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March 3, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama warns U.S. may retaliate against Russia with economic sanctions

By Dave Boyer and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian armored personnel carrier is stationed behind the gate of a military base in the port of Kerch, Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. Pro-Russian troops controlled a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region close to Russia on Monday, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the strategic Black Sea region in its tense dispute with its Slavic neighbor. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ukraine mobilizes: ‘This is a red alert’ of war

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Demonstrators against Russian military actions in Ukraine rally in Times Square, Sunday, March 2, 2014, in New York. Western powers are prepared &quot;to go to the hilt&quot; to isolate Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine, &quot;an incredible act of aggression&quot; that may lead to visa bans, asset freezes, trade and investment penalties, and a boycott of a Russian-hosted economic summit of global powers in June, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

US, Europeans try to rally Western front vs Russia

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

Pro-Russian troops control a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region just 12 miles from Russia, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the strategic Black Sea region. (Associated Press)

Moscow shakes up the financial world

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)

Invasion of Ukraine isn’t Putin’s only option

By LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

Ukrainian seamen stand guard on the Ukrainian navy ship Slavutich at harbor of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that Russian forces that have overtaken Ukraine's strategic region of Crimea are demanding that the ship's crew surrender. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Ukraine: Russia demands that 2 warships surrender

By Dalton Bennett and David McHugh - Associated Press

Local residents gather outside the Ukrainian naval base headquarters in the town of Novo-Ozerne, some 90 km west of the Crimean capital Simferopol, Ukraine, on Monday March 3, 2014. For years, the little Crimean town was closed off from the rest of the world, a secretive community, at the edge of a key Soviet naval base, sealed by roadblocks and armed guards. There’s not much in town anymore. But the Russians want it. And the little forgotten town is now sharply divided, torn between those who welcomed the arrival here over the weekend of dozens of Russian soldiers wearing unmarked uniforms, and those who back the Ukrainians who are refusing to surrender their weapons. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Crisis in Crimea sharply divides small town

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Unidentified gunmen stand outside entrance to the General Staff Headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. Pro-Russian soldiers seem to further cement their control over the strategic region, that also houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet, by seizing a ferry terminal in the Ukrainian city of Kerch about 20 kilometers (12 miles) by boat to Russia, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the peninsula. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Russia sets Ukraine agenda with diplomacy, threats

By DAVID McHUGH and DALTON BENNETT - Associated Press

Pentagon suspends military engagements with Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, as they observe a military exercise near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. pro-Russian troops held all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

PRUDEN: Playing the chicken in Kiev

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

US: Russia threat to Ukraine navy would be ‘dangerous escalation;’ Moscow would be responsible

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Jared Leto poses in the press room with the award for best actor in a supporting role for &quot;Dallas Buyers Club&quot; during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lizz Winstead: Jared Leto snubbed ‘transpeople’ for Ukraine in Oscar speech

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian soldiers block the Ukrainian naval base in the village of Novoozerne, some 91 km west of Crimean capital Simferopol, Ukraine, on Monday, March 3, 2014. Ukraine says Russian forces controlling the strategic region of Crimea are demanding that the crew of two Ukrainian warships in Sevastopol's harbor must surrender. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

A look at Russian, Ukrainian militaries

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Western NY Ukrainians keep tabs on growing crisis

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