Tag: Ukraine

In this file photo taken and distributed by Ukrainian Navy Press Service on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, two Ukrainian forces navy ships are seen near Crimea. The Ukrainian navy says a Russian coast guard vessel rammed a Ukrainian navy tugboat near Crimea, damaging the ship's engines and hull.

National Security

Ukraine, Russia tensions soar after Black Sea naval incident

Associated Press · November 25, 2018 9:45 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury Department reports on the federal budget picture for April and for the fiscal year thus far on Monday, May 12, 2014.

Treasury sanctions Russians over Ukraine invasion

Colin Wilhelm · November 8, 2018 6:47 pm

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at the Volodymysky Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday. The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate says it will move forward with its decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Pompeo backs independence of Ukraine’s Orthodox church

Joel Gehrke · October 19, 2018 11:28 pm

President Donald Trump waits for reporters to leave the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, following a meeting with workers. The meeting with workers was on, "Cutting the Red Tape, Unleashing Economic Freedom."

Beltway Confidential

There’s no question that Trump is tough on Russia in Ukraine

Tom Rogan · October 17, 2018 8:06 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 15, 2014 file photo, Ukrainian air force Su-27 fighter jet is in the sky outside Slovyansk, 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border, in eastern Ukraine. Ukraineâs military says that a Ukrainian fighter jet taking part in a joint U.S.-Ukrainian air force exercise has crashed, killing both pilots. The General Staff of Ukraineâs armed forces said the two-seat Su-27UB went down Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 in the Kmelnitskyi region.

National Security

US airman killed in Ukrainian jet crash

David Brown · October 17, 2018 1:14 pm

A Ukrainian Su-27UB aircraft is shown.

US service member aboard fighter jet that crashed in Ukraine

David Brown · October 16, 2018 5:29 pm

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill prays during a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. The Russian Orthodox Church decided Monday to sever ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community after his decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Moscow Patriarchate.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s Orthodox church puts imperialist politics before religious faith

Tom Rogan · October 15, 2018 8:55 pm

"A president who spoke so movingly about the violent gun deaths of children here has taken on the job of sending mothers and children on one-way trips to the deadliest countries in our hemisphere," the Times wrote. (AP Photos)

National Security

Trump: I sent weapons to Ukraine, Obama ‘sent pillows and blankets’

Robert Donachie · October 15, 2018 12:21 am

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at the Volodymysky Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday. The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate says it will move forward with its decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Beltway Confidential

Splitting from Russia, Ukrainian Orthodox Christians win freedom (and Putin’s ire)

Tom Rogan · October 11, 2018 10:48 pm

Greg Craig is seen talking to the media.

Federal prosecutors weigh charges against former Obama White House counsel: Report

Caitlin Yilek · September 14, 2018 11:34 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves Federal District Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Read Paul Manafort’s plea agreement

Kelly Cohen · September 14, 2018 8:02 pm

Plenty of other suspects will miss Christmas for significantly less serious crimes.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t pardon Paul Manafort

Tom Rogan · September 14, 2018 4:36 pm