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Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal arrives at the Vatican, Thursday, April 27, 2023 for an audience with Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Ukraine asks pope’s help in getting children back from Russia

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers try to load horses into a truck to evacuate them from an abandoned horse farm in war-hit Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

China, Ukraine leaders speak for first time since war began

By David Rising and Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Ukraine's Minister in charge of Technology Mykhailo Fedorov speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 21, 2023. Ukrainian government is launching a new initiative meant to streamline and promote innovation on drones and other technologies that have become critical in the country's fight against Russia, by bringing together state, military, and private sector developers working on defense issues. Ahead of the official announcement Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Ukraine's minister in charge of technology Mykhailo Fedorov told The Associated Press that the state had earmarked more than 100 million hryvnias (about $2.7 million) to fund projects that have the potential to help Ukraine win. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine launches tech cluster to boost military capability

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

China's President Xi Jinping arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, Nov. 19, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Chinese leader Xi talked Wednesday, April 26, 2023, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone and appealed for negotiations in Russia's war against his country, warning “there is no winner in a nuclear war,” state media said, in a long-anticipated conversation after Beijing said it wanted to act as peace mediator. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China tries to act as mediator in Russia’s war with Ukraine

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

China's President Xi Jinping arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, Nov. 19, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Chinese leader Xi talked Wednesday, April 26, 2023, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone and appealed for negotiations in Russia's war against his country, warning “there is no winner in a nuclear war,” state media said, in a long-anticipated conversation after Beijing said it wanted to act as peace mediator. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China’s Xi, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy speak for first time since war started

By David Rising - Associated Press

Illustration on Biden and the war in Ukraine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Bush created a moral monstrosity in Afghanistan, and Biden is replicating it in Ukraine

By Andrew P. Napolitano

A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Aug. 9, 2022. Poland’s new agriculture minister vowed Wednesday to introduce detailed quality controls on the massive inflow of grain from Ukraine transiting through the country, and to ensure its efficient transport abroad. The move follows protests by angry Polish farmers, who say they face bankruptcy because of a glut of cheap Ukrainian grain (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

U.S., Europe eyeing ways to improve Ukraine’s grain exports

By Nicolae Dumitrache - Associated Press

Semiel Vedel, center, is escorted into a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 24, 2023. A court in Russia has convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false information about the country's military for criticizing the war in Ukraine to his friends. The ex-officer Semiel Vedel was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison under a law the Kremlin has actively used to stifle dissent. (AP Photo)

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire his machine gun in a dugout on the frontline in the village of New York, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Clock ticking on Ukraine’s spring offensive as Biden admin in delicate holding pattern

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

South Korea's presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party poses for a photo before a televised debate for the upcoming March 9 presidential election at KBS studio in Seoul on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

‘The economy is security’ and vice versa

By Jianli Yang and Yonghun Kim

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Monday, April 24, 2023. The Chinese government said Monday it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union republics after Beijing’s ambassador to France caused an uproar in Europe by saying they aren’t sovereign nations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China affirms ex-Soviet nations’ sovereignty after uproar

Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier watches a drone feed from an underground command center in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. Drones that Russia said were launched by Ukraine also hit airbases and other facilities in Crimea in August. Russian authorities also have reported repeated Ukrainian drone attacks on Sevastopol that serves as the main base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, although none of them seemed to inflict any serious damage. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow

By David Rising - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 6, 2023. In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on course to remain in power for life, leaders and diplomats from around the world have beaten a path to his door. None more so than those from Europe. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool, File)

Macron’s imaginary summit won’t stop Putin

By David Zaikin

A general view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Ukrainian troop positions spark counteroffensive speculation

By David Rising and Joanna Kozlowska - Associated Press

The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, April 13, 2023. One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from this historic factory here in Scranton, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the 155 mm shells Kyiv can't get enough of, and that the U.S. can't produce fast enough. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

From left, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte attend a joint news conference during their meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries meet in Tallinn to discuss, among other things, joint aid efforts for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov gestures during a news conference at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. As Ukrainian and Russian troops fight conventional battles on the front lines, Europe’s first major war of the internet age has also sparked a war of technology as both sides vie for advantage with their drones and satellite communications. Ukraine's minister in charge of technology told The Associated Press in an interview Friday, April 21, 2023, that he was confident his country had the motivation and abilities to out-innovate Russia in the end. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Minister: Ukraine will beat Russia in war of technologies

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, arrives for a press statement prior to the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as the U.S. continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

U.S. to begin training Ukrainian troops on Abrams tank

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This handout photo released by Telegram Channel of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov shows the site of the crater after an explosion in Belgorod, Russia, Friday, April 21, 2023. A large explosion hit Belgorod late Thursday, and the Defense Ministry said one of its Su-34 warplanes accidentally discharged ammunition over the city about 25 kms. (15 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Belgorod Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast injured at least two people, damaged homes and left a crater about 20 meters (65 feet) across.(Telegram Channel of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov via AP)

Russia’s air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod

Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, arrives for a press statement prior to the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

NATO chief Stoltenberg: Ukraine will eventually be part of alliance, but first must defeat Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times