Tag: Ukraine

Ukraine tries to quell pro-Moscow uprisings

Peter Leonard · April 8, 2014 8:33 pm

Secretary of State Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss his budget and the status of diplomatic hot spots around the world. Once the chairman of the committee, lawmakers' questions focused on Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Syria. Kerry said the U.S. and European allies were united and willing to impose tough new penalties on Russian energy, banking and mining if Moscow fails to honor a sovereign Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Kerry warns Russia of tough new sanctions

Donna Cassata · April 8, 2014 4:36 pm

Economic Warfare?

Geoffrey Norman · April 8, 2014 2:20 pm

National Security

Ukraine feels nervous as big powers debate fate

Maria Danilova · April 8, 2014 9:19 am

People gathered in front of a barricade at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 7, 2014. A Ukrainian news agency is reporting that pro-Russian separatists who have seized the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk proclaimed the region an independent republic. The activists on Monday also called for a referendum on the sovereignty of the Donetsk region, which borders Russia, to be held no later than May 11, the Interfax news agency reported. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevych)

National Security

Pro-Russians call east Ukraine region independent

Peter Leonard · April 8, 2014 2:43 am

National Security

John Kerry to meet with top diplomats on Ukraine

JOSH LEDERMANLARA JAKES · April 7, 2014 7:55 pm

Demonstrators holding a Russian flag stand on the balcony of a regional administrative building after storming it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

White House: ‘Russian pressure’ behind new unrest in Ukraine

Meghashyam Mali · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Pro-Russians storm Ukraine government buildings

Peter Leonard · April 6, 2014 5:19 pm

People display Ukrainian, Crimean and Crimean Tatar flags during a rally in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity in Kiev's Independence Square in Ukraine on March 23. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

Ukrainians, and Americans, are the children of history

Michael Barone · April 6, 2014 4:00 am

Hague: EU must ready tougher Russia sanctions

Washington Examiner · April 4, 2014 12:01 pm

Advocates and opponents of expanding U.S. natural gas exports are using the crisis in Ukraine to plead their cases as debate over the issue reaches a fever pitch on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

White House splits from some Senate Democrats on natural gas exports

Zack Colman · April 4, 2014 4:00 am

Obama and top lawmakers consult on Ukraine crisis

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2014 11:41 pm