Tag: Ukraine

On Monday morning, President Obama will be juggling efforts to monitor the situation in Ukraine with a visit from the President Jose Mujica Cordano of Uruguay.

Obama, U.S. officials urge allies to help protect upcoming Ukrainian election

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Russia as a Regional Power

Tod Lindberg · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

A Mistral-class French amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier docks on the Neva River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, with one of the city landmarks, St. Isaac's Cathedral, in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

White House sidesteps question about French-Russian warship deal

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

A local resident casts a shadow on leaving a booth to cast her ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Ukraine, on Sunday May 11, 2014. Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine cast ballots Sunday in referendums, which seek approval for declaring sovereign people's republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Insurgents say Ukraine region opts for sovereignty

Peter Leonard · May 11, 2014 9:57 pm

A Russian Buk-M2 missile system moves along Red Square during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow on Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Use the Cold War playbook to keep Russia in line

James Jay Carafano · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Polling station officials prepare for the upcoming referendum at a polling station in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2014. Two restive regions in eastern Ukraine are preparing to vote on declaring sovereignty and ceding from Ukraine, in a referendum on Sunday in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where pro-Russia insurgents have seized government buildings and clashed with police and Ukrainian troops.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Ukraine president decries eastern sovereignty

Peter Leonard · May 10, 2014 4:01 pm

Eastern Ukraine’s vote: a key moment

Jim Heintz · May 10, 2014 3:44 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, smiles as President of France Francois Hollande, center, gives an autograph to 6 years old tourist Hanna during a visit of the Baltic see island Ruegen, northern Germany, Friday, May 9, 2014. Merkel and Hollande meet for two days on the island Ruegen and in the coastal city of Stralsund. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany, France press Putin to help calm Ukraine

Geir Moulson · May 10, 2014 10:29 am

Ukraine’s leader gains stature with honest image

Maria Danilova · May 10, 2014 8:57 am

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Obama rebounds on jobs, help to Nigeria

Paul Bedard · May 10, 2014 4:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Presiding over a triumphant spectacle of warships and fighter jets, Putin hailed the return of Crimea to Russia as the restoration of "historic justice" before a jubilant, welcoming crowd Friday on the holiday that Russians hold dearest to their hearts. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

National Security

Putin hails ‘return’ of Crimea; fighting kills 7

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVIVAN SEKRETAREV · May 9, 2014 10:13 pm

US oil price flat for week

The Associated Press · May 9, 2014 9:21 pm