Tag: Ukraine

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Officials: Sanctions on Russia could be delayed

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 6:49 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 12:45 am

UN estimates 423 killed in Ukraine’s east

UN estimates 423 killed in Ukraine’s east

Edith Lederer · June 24, 2014 8:56 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after his meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Russian President visited Vienna on Tuesday, where he met with the Austrian leadership and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation who had helped broker peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 24, 2014 8:52 pm

Austrian President Heinz Fischer, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left,talk during a welcoming ceremony in front of the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Putin says US trying to derail gas pipeline plan

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 6:12 pm

Pro-russian troops in tanks, several armored vehicles, and tracks drive on a road in the direction of Donetsk not far from Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Meanwhile in Ukraine: Russia sends tanks to rebels, deploys troops to border

Blake Seitz · June 23, 2014 10:22 pm

A girl says goodbye to her friend, a volunteer, before they are sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion "Azov", during a ceremony to take the oath of allegiance to Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Rebels agree to abide by cease-fire in Ukraine

MARKO DROBNJAKOVICVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · June 23, 2014 8:36 pm

British Foreign Secretary William Hague addressees the media upon arrival at the EU foreign ministers council at the European Council headquarters in Luxembourg city, Luxembourg, Monday, June 23, 2014. EU foreign ministers will discuss the situation in Ukraine and Iraq. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU ministers: Sanctions if Russia won’t cooperate

Juergen Baetz · June 23, 2014 1:41 pm

Maidan Voyage

Christopher Caldwell · June 23, 2014 4:00 am

Russian Vladimir Putin, second right, takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 22, 2014, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine

Lynn Berry · June 23, 2014 12:22 am

Ukraine orders 1-week government cease-fire

DAVID McHUGHMARKO DOBRNJAKOVIC · June 20, 2014 8:17 pm

In December 2011, President Obama said: "We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations. And we are ending a war, not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home. This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making." (AP Photo)

Questions for President Obama

Mona Charen · June 20, 2014 4:54 pm