Tag: Ukraine

An Ukrainian soldier walks past charred APCs at a gunfight site near the village of Blahodatne, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. At least 11 Ukrainian troops were killed and about 30 others were wounded when Pro-Russians attacked a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in the weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine. Three charred Ukrainian armored infantry vehicles, their turrets blown away by powerful explosions, and several burned vehicles stood at the site of the combat. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Deadliest day for Ukraine troops: 16 slain in raid

IVAN SEKRETAREVPETER LEONARD · May 22, 2014 8:09 pm

Raw: Heavy Fighting in Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 7:04 pm

President Obama will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month's D-Day memorial service in Normandy, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama and Vladimir Putin will not meet at June 6 D-Day memorial

Kevin Daley · May 21, 2014 10:12 pm

Gas Warfare, 21st Century Style

Geoffrey Norman · May 21, 2014 8:02 pm

In Ukraine, chaos meets self-declared independence

Tim Sullivan · May 21, 2014 7:36 pm

A municipality worker places a US flag, left and Cypriot flag, on an electricity column, on a street in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Cyprus Wednesday for an official, three-day visit to the ethnically divided island. Energy prospects in the east Mediterranean, the situation in Ukraine and talks to reunify Cyprus will top Biden's agenda, who is the most senior American official to visit the island in 52 years. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

US vice president: Cyprus peace deal possible

Menelaos Hadjicostis · May 21, 2014 7:08 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVPETER LEONARD · May 21, 2014 6:15 pm

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden embraces Romanian President Traian Basescu in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. On a two-day official visit to Romania, Joe Biden on Tuesday called on European allies to stand firm in punishing Russia for its role in the unrest in neighboring Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax) ROMANIA OUT

National Security

Biden: Punish Russia if it meddles in Ukraine

Alison Mutler · May 21, 2014 1:58 pm

FILE - In this May 9, 2014, file photo, a veteran from the Red Army holds a bouquet of flowers while attending the commemoration of Victory Day in Donetsk, Ukraine. The crisis in Ukraine is giving Russia an opening to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe just as Western powers try to repair a struggling trade deal and decide how to bolster a cash-strapped NATO. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

With Ukraine, Russia drives wedge between EU, US

Lara Jakes · May 21, 2014 12:12 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with upper parliament chamber speaker Valentina Matviyenko prior to the Security Council meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, May 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops deployed in regions near Ukraine to return to their home bases, the Kremlin said Monday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Pentagon: No sign of Russian troop pullback

Robert Burns · May 20, 2014 11:12 pm

US levies sanctions against 12 Russians

Deb Riechmann · May 20, 2014 9:14 pm

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine face citizen anger

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 8:24 pm