Tag: Ukraine

Russia’s foreign minister says top diplomats adopt a joint roadmap to ease tensions in Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 4:24 pm

A Ukrainian soldier controls a road on the 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)

Ukraine: More stringent border checks for Russians

Nataliya Vasilyeva · April 17, 2014 4:01 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

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as "nonsense," but expressed hope for success of four-way talks on settling the crisis. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin to Edward Snowden: Russia’s surveillance not on such a massive scale as the U.S.

Associated Press · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia for a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the United States, Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

John Kerry: Parties agree on steps to de-escalate crisis in Ukraine

Susan Crabtree · 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

Beltway Confidential

U.S. ambassador suggests anti-Semitic leaflets designed to provoke violence in Ukraine

Joel Gehrke · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

Obama: Military options ‘not on the table in Ukraine’

Susan Crabtree · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

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)

John Kerry: Calls for Jews in Ukrainian town to register ‘grotesque’

Meghashyam Mali · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for 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 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

John Kerry: Steps embraced to ease tensions in Ukraine

Associated Press · 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

A combat vehicle with pro-Russian gunman on top runs through downtown Slovyansk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The troops on those vehicles wore green camouflage uniforms, had automatic weapons and grenade launchers and at least one had the St. George ribbon attached to his uniform, which has become a symbol of the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

National Security

Pro-Russian gunmen make inroads in eastern Ukraine

Yuras Karmanau · April 17, 2014 12:29 am