Tag: Ukraine

National Security

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

Lolita Baldor · April 19, 2014 11:32 pm

Masked pro-Russian activists guard a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

At barricades, Ukraine insurgents await Easter

JIM HEINTZYURAS KARMANAU · April 19, 2014 7:20 pm

Ukraine crisis: turning points

Vladimir Isachenkov · April 19, 2014 11:14 am

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, right, talks with Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton in a hotel hallway behind the scenes to thank them for the results of a quadrilateral meeting on Ukraine that had just ended between representatives of the US, Ukraine, Russia and the European Union, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Geneva. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

Time not on side of Russia-Ukraine detente deal

Lara Jakes · April 19, 2014 8:00 am

Local residents look at the airborne combat vehicle, which was destroyed during a Ukrainian night combat operation, in the village of Horodychevo, near Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 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)

57-nation OSCE plays key Ukraine monitoring role

George Jahn · April 18, 2014 6:30 pm

Ukraine insurgents reject call to quit buildings

NATALIYA VASILYEVAPETER LEONARD · April 18, 2014 3:38 pm

Pro-Russian insurgents: will only leave occupied buildings if interim Ukrainian gov’t resigns

Washington Examiner · April 18, 2014 9:28 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House: Obama ‘expressed his disgust’ at calls for Ukrainian Jews to register

Meghashyam Mali · April 18, 2014 4:00 am

"The president is very plain and very forceful in his dealings with Putin, but it's not necessary, nor is it in our interests, to return to a Cold War construct, which is long out-of-date, and that doesn't reflect the realities of the 21st century," National Security Adviser Susan Rice said. (AP File)

Susan Rice: Russia has ‘days’ to follow through on Ukraine deal

Susan Crabtree · April 18, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he talks to reporters about the situation in Ukraine at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Obama also conveyed skepticism about Russian promises to de-escalate a volatile situation in Ukraine, and said the United States and its allies are ready to impose fresh sanctions if Moscow doesn't make good on its commitments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama voices skepticism on Russia in Ukraine

Julie Pace · April 17, 2014 11:53 pm

Ukraine OKs intl court, may probe Kiev deaths

Mike Corder · April 17, 2014 9:57 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before 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 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)

Who gained, and what, at Ukraine talks

Jim Heintz · April 17, 2014 9:54 pm