Tag: Ukraine

UN chief demands release of observers in Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 6:11 pm

A masked pro-Russian activist places a self-proclaimed 'Donetsk Republic' flag over the office of a "Privatbank" bank, owned by a businessman who is considered to back the new pro-western government in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. Ukraine's acting government and the West have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest, which they fear Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · April 28, 2014 5:29 pm

Slovakia signs deal to deliver gas to Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 1:03 pm

Prophet of Ukraine

Cathy Young · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Kiefer Sutherland of Fox's TV show "24." (Richard Shotwell Invision/AP)

With Obama’s foreign policy, fiction is more comforting than the truth

Cal Thomas · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III raise glasses for a toast during a state dinner at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Francis R. Malasig, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

The problem with Barack Obama’s foreign policy is Barack Obama

Charles Hoskinson · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama used a baseball metaphor to describe his foreign policy choices in Ukraine and elsewhere in an attempt to push back against criticism that his cautious approach fails to deter other countries' aggression and makes the U.S. look weak abroad. (AP Photo)

Obama defends foreign policy approach with baseball metaphor

Susan Crabtree · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

U.S. sanctions 7 Russian officials, 17 companies over Ukraine actions

Brian Hughes · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

John Christensen, right, a senior Sgt. in the Danish army and his colleague, both members of a group of foreign military observers are escorted by a pro-Russian militant to attend a press conference in the city hall of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. As Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies by a pro-Russian insurgency. The German-led, eight-member team was traveling under the auspices of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe when they were detained Friday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Observers held in Ukraine speak under armed guard

Peter Leonard · April 27, 2014 11:04 pm

Masked pro-Russian activists guard the entrance during their mass storming of a regional Television Centre in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Insurgents in Slovyansk have taken a number of people hostage, including journalists and pro-Ukraine activists, as they strengthen their control in the east of the country in defiance of the interim government in Kiev and its Western supporters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

White House: New sanctions will hit Vladimir Putin’s circle

Washington Examiner · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

White House defends against criticism that foreign policy has been inept

David M. Drucker · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

Ukrainian government troops atop of their armored personal carrier rolls on a country road outside the town of Svyitohirsk near to Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are undertaking a security operation to liberate the nearby city of Slovyansk, which is currently controlled by an armed pro-Russian insurgency.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Sanctions loom as observers held in east Ukraine

Peter Leonard · April 27, 2014 2:34 am