Tag: Ukraine

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The European Commission says it is determined to help Ukraine, and to make sure that Ukraine has all the support it needs, to undertake the political and economic reforms that are necessary for the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU, Ukraine sign aid deals worth $1.78 billion

JohnThor Dahlburg · May 13, 2014 7:02 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and his son R. Hunter Biden watch a Duke/Georgetown college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden’s son gets job with major Ukrainian natural gas company

Joel Gehrke · May 13, 2014 4:06 pm

U.S. Ambassador: Sanctions Against Russia Are ’21st Century Use Of Force’

Jeryl Bier · May 13, 2014 10:02 am

Oil little changed as China data, Ukraine weighed

The Associated Press · May 13, 2014 9:59 am

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry RogozinÃÂ tweeted: "After analysing the sanctions against our space industry I suggest the US delivers its astronauts to the ISS with a trampoline." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Russia: No more engines for US spy satellite launches

Charles Hoskinson · May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain said if he were president, he would send U.S. troops to Nigeria to rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by an Islamist rebel group, regardless of whether he had the permission of the Nigerian government. (AP Photo/David Azia)

John McCain said he’d send U.S. troops to rescue captive Nigerian girls

Susan Ferrechio · May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil, second right, talks with Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Sakari Tuomioja, left, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir, second left, and Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean during an EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels Monday, May 12, 2014. EU foreign ministers discuss the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

National Security

EU adds 13 people, 2 firms to Ukraine list

Raf Casert · May 13, 2014 3:08 am

People watch fireworks celebrating the declaration of independence for Donetsk region at barricades in front of a regional administration building that was recently seized by pro-Russian activists in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 12, 2014, with a Russian national flag is in the background. Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · May 12, 2014 10:42 pm

Ukraine jitters push crude oil above $100

Pablo Gorondi · May 12, 2014 8:27 pm

US won’t recognize E. Ukraine referendum results

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 6:07 pm

Insurgents in East Ukraine Declare Independence

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 5:41 pm

Pro-Russian activist waves a Donetsk republic flag in front of the offices of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

National Security

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence, ask to join Russia

Associated Press · May 12, 2014 4:00 am