Tag: Ukraine

In nearly three decades in Washington and during his unsuccessful 2004 run for president, Secretary of State John Kerry often appeared overly cautious, detached and robotic, looking and playing the part of the elder statesman but lacking the passion to take tough stands that could alienate one side or another.

John Kerry is a man on a mission

Susan Crabtree · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, left, and Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk attend a signing ceremony of the agreement in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. Russian officials immediately criticized the deal and protesters angry over police violence showed no sign of abandoning their camp in central Kiev. (AP Photo/Andrei Mosienko, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

White House ‘welcomes’ Ukraine peace deal

Meghashyam Mali · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Ukraine military leadership finally takes a US call

Charles Hoskinson · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

A man carries a photo of an anti-government protester killed in clashes with the police, during a funeral procession at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Jay Carney: U.S.-Russia divide ‘profoundly different’ from Cold War

Meghashyam Mali · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

People gather at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Political unrest puts U.S. vs Ukraine soccer match in jeopardy

Sean Lengell · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

A man carries a photo of an anti-government protester killed in clashes with the police, during a funeral procession at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Obama administration sees ‘tough sell’ on ‘fragile’ Ukraine deal

Brian Hughes · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

Anti-government protesters reinforce a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, late Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country's deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Scores killed in deadly Ukraine day of protest

JIM HEINTZYURAS KARMANAU · February 21, 2014 12:27 am

‘Kiev Is Now a War Zone’

Daniel Halper · February 20, 2014 11:01 pm

AP reporter witnesses carnage in Ukrainian capital

Yuras Karmanau · February 20, 2014 10:59 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton reflects, prior to an extraordinary foreign ministers meeting on Ukraine, at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The 28-nation European Union holds an emergency meeting on Ukraine, to consider sanctions against those behind the violence. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

European Union imposes sanctions against Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · February 20, 2014 8:42 pm

Obama and Merkel on Ukraine: Let’s Keep in Touch

Daniel Halper · February 20, 2014 7:33 pm

Anti-government protesters man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A brief truce in Ukraine's embattled capital failed Thursday, spiraling into fierce clashes between police and anti-government protesters. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Roots and consequences of Ukraine’s violence

MARIA DANILOVAVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · February 20, 2014 3:58 pm