Tag: Ukraine

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media after attending a quadrilateral meeting between representatives of the US, Ukraine, Russia and the European Union about the ongoing situation in Ukraine, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Geneva. Top diplomats from the US, European Union, Russia and Ukraine reached agreement after marathon talks Thursday on immediate steps to ease the crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

John Kerry presses Russia to ‘tone down’ rhetoric, honor Geneva deal

Meghashyam Mali · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden , left, is greeted upon arrival at Borispol airport outside Kiev, Ukraine, Monday April 21, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Tuesday, during a visit to Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

US: Russia has ‘days, not weeks’ to follow accord

NEDRA PICKLERJULIE PACE · April 21, 2014 10:04 pm

These printed copies of a presentation released by the U.S. Department of State on Thursday, April 17, 2014, purport to show Russian involvement in Eastern Ukraine. The 11-page document contains images of soldiers in eastern Ukraine that the State Department says are Russian forces, showing militants wearing similar uniforms and brandishing Russian weapons. There was no way to immediately verify the photographs, which the State Department says were taken from the Internet and social media. (AP Photo)

US: Pictures indicate Russian troops in Ukraine

Lara Jakes · April 21, 2014 9:26 pm

A Ukrainian soldier controls a road outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, 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/Efrem Lukatsky)

Oil stays above $104 amid Ukraine jitters

The Associated Press · April 21, 2014 7:31 pm

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden , left, is greeted upon arrival at Borispol airport outside Kiev, Ukraine, Monday April 21, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Tuesday, during a visit to Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

National Security

Joe Biden in Ukraine to show support as tensions rise

Nedra Pickler · April 21, 2014 7:08 pm

A Ukrainian woman waves a Russian flag while chanting pro Russian slogans during a pro Russia rally in Khartsyrsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 21, 2014. A group of foreign reporters has been captured by pro-Russian insurgents in an east Ukrainian city, but were later released. One Belarusian and two Italian journalists were detained by gunmen in the city of Slovyansk, which has been occupied by pro-Russian forces for more than a week. Slovyansk is part of many towns in the Russian-speaking region where insurgents are demanding greater ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Gunmen detain 3 journalists in eastern Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 6:34 pm

White House sets no deadline for Russia on Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 6:00 pm

This week, President Obama will travel to Asia for a seven-day trip. (AP Photo)

Obama heads to Asia as tensions in Ukraine continue to flare

Susan Crabtree · April 21, 2014 4:00 am

People stand at a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Lawmakers call for tighter sanctions on Russia

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 12:00 am

Masked pro-Russia insurgents show a detained man, who reportedly is a member of the Right Sector, a nationalist Ukrainian group, when people gathered at barricades in front of a regional administration building that was seized by pro-Russian activists earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Pro-Russian activists brought to the stage a man who was accused of being a member of the radical organization Right sector. They also spoke about what he had found weapons and ammunition.(AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for shootout in east

Yuras Karmanau · April 20, 2014 4:59 pm

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

Rebecca Berg · April 20, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

Lolita Baldor · April 19, 2014 11:32 pm