Tag: Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier takes position as he patrols an area, close to Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Slovyansk and advanced through the city's outskirts, the nation's interior minister said. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine military launches offensive against rebels

Nebi Qena · June 3, 2014 3:47 pm

President Obama arrives to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, May 28, in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Poll: Obama takes a hit on foreign affairs

Brian Hughes · June 3, 2014 3:28 pm

Russia’s Gazprom hails progress in Ukraine talks

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 3, 2014 11:35 am

Pro-Russia rebels attack Ukrainian border guards

NEBI QENAPETER LEONARD · June 2, 2014 9:47 pm

Alexey Miller, CEO of the Russian energy supplier Gazprom, listens during a press conference as part of a meeting of the European Union energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger Russia's energy minister Alexander Novak and Ukraine's energy minister Yuri Prodan in Berlin, Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russia, Ukraine inch closer to gas deal

Juergen Baetz · June 2, 2014 8:17 pm

President Barack Obama makes remarks before officially starting the beginning of the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki at the White House April 17, 2013 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

White House week ahead: Obama heads to Europe, foreign tests await him

Brian Hughes · June 2, 2014 9:00 am

Ukrainian soldiers prepare their weapons at a position in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Ukrainian Acting Defense Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Some Kiev barricades come down; protesters balky

LAURA MILLSJIM HEINTZ · May 31, 2014 6:09 pm

Obama to meet Ukraine president-elect in Poland

Nedra Pickler · May 30, 2014 10:06 pm

A Ukrainian soldier take a rest at a checkpoint outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Friday, May 30, 2014.The Ukrainian Acting Defence Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

East Ukraine quiet raises leadership questions

Peter Leonard · May 30, 2014 9:55 pm

Families Flee Hard-hit Eastern Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 7:34 pm

Black smoke rises from a shot down Ukrainian Army helicopter outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around the eastern city of Slovyansk, killing 14 soldiers including a general, Ukraine's leader said. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told the parliament in Kiev that rebels used a portable air defense missile Thursday to down the helicopter and said that a General was among the dead. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Rebels down helicopter; another big loss for Kiev

PETER LEONARDALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO · May 30, 2014 1:48 am

A Pro-Russian militia member guards next to an APC and anti-aircraft gun, outside the administrational building in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Pro-Russian militia in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around Slovyansk, killing 14 soldiers including a general. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

AP sources: Russian troops leaving Ukraine border

Lolita Baldor · May 30, 2014 1:43 am