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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

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

In this image made from an undated video provided Thursday, June 5, 2014, by Al Fajer, a Sudanese nongovernmental organization, Meriam Ibrahim, sitting next to Martin, her 18-month-old son, holds her newborn baby girl that she gave birth to in jail last week, as the NGO visits her in a room at a prison in Khartoum, Sudan. The Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith after allegedly converting from Islam has appealed the sentence, her lawyer said. (AP Photo/Al Fajer)

PRUDEN: Going AWOL in the ‘war on women’

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Sept. 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

Happy birthday, comrade: Vladimir Putin sends gift, calls George H.W. Bush on his 90th birthday

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton answers a question from the crowd during an appearance to promote her new book, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Hillary Clinton jabs Putin: ‘I’m talking about you, Vladimir’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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

U.S. President Barack Obama, right and French President Francois Hollande place a wreath, at the Normandy American Cemetery, at Omaha Beach as they participate in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Colleville sur Mer in Normandy, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

‘Freedom’s victory’ — Obama commemorates 70th anniversary of D-Day

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force C130 flies above Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, during a ceremony in homage of paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne at the 70th D-Day anniversary. (Associated Press photographs)

Normandy’s love of America: French province will never forget sacrifices in D-Day assault

By Bill Hinchberger — Special to 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

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)

Still no plans for Obama-Putin meeting this week, White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the arrival ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool) ** FILE **

Putin calls Hillary Clinton ‘weak’, ungraceful with her words

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

One analyst suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin's shifting mood is connected to the realization that war with neighboring Ukraine would have "extremely unpredictable consequences" at home and in the international arena.
(Associated Press)

Cost of war: Russia’s curious reasoning for retreat in Ukraine

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Although the two foreign leaders are not expected to meet this week, President Obama departs Monday night on a four-day trip to Europe that is likely to reinforce his personal history of foreign-policy torment at the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press Photographs)

Putin overshadows Obama’s trip to Europe

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the withdrawal of American force around the world by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

LAMBRO: Obama and a U.S. world leadership deficit

By Donald Lambro

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Miners rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Coalminers in the Donbass coalfields have gone on an open-ended strike to demand Ukrainian troops and other forces leave the Donetsk Region, the first deputy coal minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic, Konstantin Kuzmin, has told ITAR-TASS. Poster reads "No to Fascism!' (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Chechen leader says he sent no troops to Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attend an economic forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, pool)

Germany’s $104 billion in Russian trade complicates response to crisis in Ukraine

By Sumi Somaskanda — Special to The Washington Times

Faucet Splitter Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHARLES: Reasserting American leadership

By Robert Charles

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping smile during a signing ceremony in Shanghai of a long-awaited, 30-year deal to buy Russian natural gas. (Associated Press)

Russia’s Putin gains strategic victory with Chinese natural gas deal

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack participates in a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Esperanza Resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Putin blasts Obama: ‘Who is he to judge?’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times