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Russia’s Ukraine invasion traces back to Biden’s Afghanistan retreat

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing's influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden’s impotence may just lead us into WWIII

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Maxim Blinov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian lawmakers endorse suspension of nuclear pact with U.S.

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, center, arrives for a round table meeting during an extraordinary NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. War has been a catastrophe for Ukraine and a crisis for the globe. One year on, thousands of civilians are dead, and countless buildings have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been killed or wounded on each side. Beyond Ukraine’s borders, the invasion shattered European security, redrew nations’ relations with one another and frayed a tightly woven global economy. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Biden meets with eastern flank NATO leaders amid Russia worries

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi enter a hall for their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia, China show off ties amid maneuvering over Ukraine

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (Anton Novoderezhkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Biden says Putin’s suspension of nuclear arms treaty is ‘a mistake’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin ups tensions over Ukraine, suspending START nuke pact

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Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, welcomes President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Biden is visiting Poland a day after an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that comes days before the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Biden meets with Poland leader, set to speak on Ukraine war

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia. Russia and the United States exchanged documents Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, to extend the New START nuclear treaty, their last remaining arms control pact, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin readout of a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they voiced satisfaction with the move. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian suspension of New START latest blow to Biden’s arms control hopes

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin blames the U.S. and its Western allies for the war in Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Vladimir Putin speaks in his annual televised New Year's message after a ceremony during a visit to the headquarters of the Southern Military District, at an unknown location in Russia, Dec. 31, 2022. American and allied sanctions and export controls are constraining Russia’s ability to wage war on Ukraine by degrading its military, a top Treasury Department official says. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

In dueling speeches, Putin and Biden offer radically different visions of the fight to come

By Jeff Mordock and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing the beginning of the military operation in February 2022, next to a cardboard cutout depicting a Russian soldier, at an exhibition dedicated to the participation of Russian army in the military action in Ukraine in the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Putin not backing down on Ukraine, insists West is at fault

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Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Marek Magierowski, left, talks with European Union Amb. Stavros Lambrinidis as European diplomats arrive to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine with members of the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EU’s top envoy says West must hold firm in fight for Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Putin's gamble to invade Ukraine a year ago seems to have backfired spectacularly. Some see an erratic leader, rigid and outdated in his thinking, who overreached and is in denial about the difficulties — but is still determined, at any cost, to achieve victory in Europe’s bloodiest armed conflict since World War II. (AP Photo, Pool, File)

Putin’s Ukraine gamble seen as biggest threat to his rule

By Andrew Katell - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers and firefighters search in a destroyed building after a bombing attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Part One: Chaos wrought by Russia in Ukraine reveals chilling reality: How far will Putin go?

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People line up to visit a newly opened restaurant in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Hundreds of Western brands have pulled their business from Russia after troops were sent into Ukraine. Some McDonald’s restaurants became Vkusno i Tochka ("Tasty — Period"), offering mostly the same menu. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. One year ago, Biden braced for the worst as Russia massed troops in preparation to invade Ukraine. But as Russia’s deadly invasion reaches the one year mark, Kyiv stands and Ukraine has exceeded even its own expectations. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden’s test: Sustaining unity as Ukraine war enters second year

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Ukrainian emergency services employees push the remains of an S-300 missile fired by Russian forces onto a truck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Russia pummeled Ukraine with a barrage of cruise and other missiles on Thursday, hitting targets from east to west as the war's one-year anniversary nears, one of the strikes killed a 79-year-old woman and injured at least seven other people, Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Zelenskyy pushes need for speed to avoid more Ukraine deaths

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center left, convenes NATO leaders, both in person and on screen, for a virtual summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. The day after Russia invaded Ukraine, the leaders of NATO’s 30 member countries convened an emergency virtual summit to address what they described as the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades – the launch of what would become the biggest land war in Europe since 1945. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

From tents to tanks; a big year in Ukraine for NATO allies

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Stoltenberg: Ukraine using more ammo than NATO is providing

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times