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Sorrow: Ukrainian emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, located near the village of Hrabove. (Associated Press)

John Kerry: Growing evidence Russia-armed rebels that shot down plane

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rescue workers carry a plastic bag with a dead body at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory &#8212; a charge the rebels denied. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Monitors try to secure Ukraine crash site of Malaysian airliner

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say no to war with Russia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 18, 2014. Obama called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, demands credible investigation of downed plane. (Associated Press)

Obama calls for Ukraine cease-fire, blames Russia for downed passenger jet

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A piece of a plane with the sign "Malaysia Airlines" lies in the grass as a group of Ukrainian coal miners search the site of a crashed Malaysian passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

ALLARD: The wake-up call of the Malaysian Air shootdown

By Ken Allard

Russian President Vladimir Putin informed President Obama of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet near the end of a telephone call about U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press)

Putin moves quickly to control of Malaysia Airlines crash information

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives for an official group photo comprised of the leaders of the BRICS' nations and South American nations, during the BRICS Summit at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Obama, Putin talk Malaysian flight crash, new U.S. sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during an evening lecture at the U.S. Naval War College Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Newport, RI. McCain delivered a blistering assessment of the U.S response to the developing military situation in Iraq from the Senate floor earlier on Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

MH17: U.S. lawmakers rocked by downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Obama enters the White House briefing room Wednesday to announce a new series of sanctions against Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine. The sanctions are aimed at Russian energy, financial and defense companies. (associated press)

Obama rolls out new sanctions on Russia’s energy and financial sectors

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration on world decline as a consequence of American decline by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

HANSON: When America fell apart

By Victor Davis Hanson

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, uses binocular as he watches military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

Putin gives Obama ‘middle finger,’ strikes deal to reactivate spy base in Cuba

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine Russia and developments in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate committee presses Obama administration on inaction against Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Vladimir Putin by Graff, Dagbladet, Oslo, Norway

GORDON: Russia plays its own game away from the World Cup

By J.D. Gordon

Cars ease under a destroyed railroad bridge near the village of Novobakhmutivka, located north of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Bridges leading into Donetsk were likely destroyed to slow government forces from moving on the rebel-held stronghold. (associated press)

Inaction in Ukraine threatens Putin’s image at home

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Putin stands down and asks lawmakers to rescind military OK into Ukraine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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

A Russian Tu-95 Bear H. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia fires six new air-launched cruise missiles

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

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