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A girl rides a scooter near destroyed buildings during attacks in Irpin outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia may be in Ukraine to stay after 100 days of war

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left back to a camera, speaks greets African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, center, and Senegalese President and the chairman of the African Union Macky Sall during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 3, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Grain supply tops Putin-African Union head talks agenda

Associated Press

The superyacht Amadea is docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 15 2022. On May 5, five U.S. federal agents boarded the massive Russian-owned superyacht Amadea that was berthed in Lautoka harbor in Fiji in a case that is highlighting the thorny legal ground the U.S. is finding itself on as it tries to seize assets of Russian oligarchs around the world. (Leon Lord/Fiji Sun via AP, File)

Putin-linked elites, yachts, firms targeted for sanctions

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. Russia said on Wednesday it had conducted a first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new and long-awaited addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin said would make Moscow's enemies stop and think. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) ** FILE **

Russian lawmaker boasts that just two of Putin’s Satan 2 missiles can destroy U.S. coasts

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russia's commissioner for entrepreneurs' rights, Boris Titov during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian foreign minister again denies reports of Putin illness

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders press Putin on food crisis, call for diplomacy to end war in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A woman prays at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

By Yuras Karmanau and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

NATO and U.S. tactical line and Ukraine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NATO and U.S. have clearly crossed the tactical line in supporting Ukraine

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen on a screen as addresses the audience from Kyiv during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, May 23, 2022. Ukraine's president said Wednesday, May 25, 2022 that Russia must pull back to its pre-war positions as a first step before diplomatic talks, a negotiating line that Moscow is unlikely to agree to anytime soon. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Ukraine: Russia must withdraw to pre-war positions for talks

By Ricardo Mazalan - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003 file photo, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein meets with his leadership to mark the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the biggest feast of the Muslim calendar in Baghdad, Iraq. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. From left to right are Vice President Taha Ramadan, Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, Presidential Secretary Abd Hmud. (AP Photo/INA, File)

Vladimir Putin and Saddam Hussein case study: Do tyrants heed their minions?

By Daniel Pipes

A man searches for metal scraps in a shelled neighbourhood in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

West rushes more aid as Mariupol teeters and fighting rages

By Elena Becatoros and Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan - Associated Press

Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo)

Mariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan - Associated Press

A woman passes by a mural depicting the Russian President Vladimir Putin that reads: ''Brother'' vandalized with paint, in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Despite having to pay a big price Serbia for not introducing sanctions to Russia, Serbia will not do it , Serbian President Vucic said, but despite that the country will stay on its path toward the EU. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Tyrannical dictator Putin gives new life to NATO

By Clifford D. May

Buses with Ukrainian servicemen evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant travel accompany Russian APC's to a prison in Olyonivka, territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Defenders’ fate uncertain as Ukraine abandons Mariupol fortress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen squat during a patrol in a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Putin’s troubled war sees battlefield, diplomatic reverses

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols during a reconnaissance mission in a recently retaken village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Russians stymied in Ukraine; Finland favors joining NATO

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan - Associated Press

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto attends the press conference on Finland's security policy decisions at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday May 15, 2022. Finlands president and government have announced that the Nordic country intends to apply for membership in NATO, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russias war in Ukraine. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtiuva via AP)

Finnish leader holds his ground on NATO in talk with Putin

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Reservists of the Karelia Brigade shoot with live rounds during the Etel'-Karjala 22 (South Karelia 22) local defence exercise in Taipalsaari, south-eastern Finland, on March 9, 2022. Finland appears on the cusp of joining NATO. Sweden could follow suit. By year's end, they could stand among the alliance's ranks. Russia's war in Ukraine has provoked a public about face on membership in the two Nordic countries. They are already NATO's closest partners, but should Russia respond to their membership moves they might soon need the organization's military support. (Lauri Heno/Lehtikuva via AP)

Why Finland, Sweden joining NATO will be big deal

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about inflation in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden’s blaming Putin for price hikes highlights powerlessness to get inflation under control

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to O'Connor Farms, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Kankakee, Ill. Biden visited the farm to discuss food supply and prices as a result of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden blames Putin for rising food prices; vows to help U.S. farmers

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times