Tag: Crimea

Sen. Bob Corker, left, talks with Secretary of National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Petro Zadorozhnyy, Pool)

Sen. Bob Corker wants tougher sanctions on Russia

Sean Lengell · April 23, 2014 4:00 am

The U.S. is sending 600 troops to Eastern Europe to take part in military exercises to "reassure allies and partners" amid growing tensions with Russia over Ukraine's sovereignty. (Thinkstock)

National Security

U.S. sending troops to Eastern Europe for military exercises

Meghashyam Mali · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker: U.S. inaction says to Russia, ‘Don’t embarrass us’

Sen. Bob Corker: U.S. inaction says to Russia, ‘Don’t embarrass us’

Rebecca Berg · April 20, 2014 4:00 am

Masked pro-Russian activists guard a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

At barricades, Ukraine insurgents await Easter

JIM HEINTZYURAS KARMANAU · April 19, 2014 7:20 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva Thursday, April 17, 2014. Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest. (AP Photo)

Who gained, and what, at Ukraine talks

Jim Heintz · April 17, 2014 9:54 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions _ for now

JOHN HEILPRINLARA JAKES · April 17, 2014 9:26 pm

US sending nonlethal aid to Ukraine military

US sending nonlethal aid to Ukraine military

Robert Burns · April 17, 2014 4:52 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Thursday morning that the United States will be sending non-lethal aid to Ukraine. (AP/Alex Wong)

National Security

U.S. sending non-lethal military aid to Ukraine

Tim Mak · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

A pro-Russian gunman clears the way for a combat vehicle with gunmen on top in Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Obama and the myth of appeasement

Steve Chapman · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

John McCain: Obama lets ‘bad people’ fill U.S. void, says Jimmy Carter was better

Washington Secrets

John McCain: Obama lets ‘bad people’ fill U.S. void, says Jimmy Carter was better

Paul Bedard · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Mitch McConnell called for the arming of Ukraine to scare off Russia. AP Photo

National Security

Mitch McConnell wants U.S. to arm Ukraine

Paul Bedard · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

US: Russia facing diplomacy or new sanctions

National Security

US: Russia facing diplomacy or new sanctions

Lara Jakes · April 16, 2014 8:29 pm