Tag: Ukraine

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil, second right, talks with Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Sakari Tuomioja, left, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir, second left, and Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean during an EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels Monday, May 12, 2014. EU foreign ministers discuss the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

National Security

EU adds 13 people, 2 firms to Ukraine list

Raf Casert · May 13, 2014 3:08 am

People watch fireworks celebrating the declaration of independence for Donetsk region at barricades in front of a regional administration building that was recently seized by pro-Russian activists in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 12, 2014, with a Russian national flag is in the background. Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · May 12, 2014 10:42 pm

Ukraine jitters push crude oil above $100

Ukraine jitters push crude oil above $100

Pablo Gorondi · May 12, 2014 8:27 pm

US won’t recognize E. Ukraine referendum results

US won’t recognize E. Ukraine referendum results

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 6:07 pm

Insurgents in East Ukraine Declare Independence

Insurgents in East Ukraine Declare Independence

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 5:41 pm

Pro-Russian activist waves a Donetsk republic flag in front of the offices of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

National Security

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence, ask to join Russia

Associated Press · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

On Monday morning, President Obama will be juggling efforts to monitor the situation in Ukraine with a visit from the President Jose Mujica Cordano of Uruguay.

Obama, U.S. officials urge allies to help protect upcoming Ukrainian election

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Russia as a Regional Power

Tod Lindberg · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

A Mistral-class French amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier docks on the Neva River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, with one of the city landmarks, St. Isaac's Cathedral, in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

White House sidesteps question about French-Russian warship deal

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

A local resident casts a shadow on leaving a booth to cast her ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Ukraine, on Sunday May 11, 2014. Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine cast ballots Sunday in referendums, which seek approval for declaring sovereign people's republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Insurgents say Ukraine region opts for sovereignty

Peter Leonard · May 11, 2014 9:57 pm

A Russian Buk-M2 missile system moves along Red Square during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow on Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Use the Cold War playbook to keep Russia in line

James Jay Carafano · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Polling station officials prepare for the upcoming referendum at a polling station in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2014. Two restive regions in eastern Ukraine are preparing to vote on declaring sovereignty and ceding from Ukraine, in a referendum on Sunday in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where pro-Russia insurgents have seized government buildings and clashed with police and Ukrainian troops.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Ukraine president decries eastern sovereignty

Peter Leonard · May 10, 2014 4:01 pm