Tag: Ukraine

Russia evokes Nazi horrors to bash Ukraine

EFREM LUKATSKYNATALIYA VASILYEVA · April 30, 2014 9:31 pm

Pro Russian masked armed militants guard barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Ukraine's police and security forces are "helpless" to quell unrest in two eastern regions bordering Russia, and in some cases are cooperating with pro-Russian gunmen who have seized scores of government buildings and taken people hostage, the country's president Oleksandr Turchynov said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Kiev: Forces “helpless” to restore order in east

MARIA DANILOVAPETER LEONARD · April 30, 2014 8:02 pm

National Security

Biden: Russia can’t alter Europe borders by force

Josh Lederman · April 30, 2014 5:46 pm

A pro Russian masked armed militant guards barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Putin’s creeping war of aggression will continue unless the West responds

Austin Bay · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

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

House committee OKs natural gas export bill

Zack Colman · April 30, 2014 12:00 am

Pro-Russian activists storm an administration building in the center of Luhansk, Ukraine, one of the largest cities in Ukraine's troubled east, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as demonstrators demand greater autonomy for Ukraine's regions. The action on Tuesday further raises tensions in the east, where insurgents have seized control of police stations and other government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Protesters seize new building in eastern Ukraine

alexander-zemlianichenko · April 29, 2014 9:19 pm

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, walks with Russian's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Lavrov is beginning his tour of Latin America in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

National Security

Russia FM criticizes EU, US sanctions over Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 8:44 pm

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Philip Breedlove talks to journalist during a joint news conference with Portuguese Armed Forces General Chief Artur Pina Monteiro, right, at Sao Juliao de Barra fort in Oeiras, near Lisbon, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. During the conference, Breedlove talked about the current crisis situation in Ukraine among other issues. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

National Security

NATO: European border concept changed with Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 7:34 pm

Shadowy commander is face of insurgency in Ukraine

Peter Leonard · April 29, 2014 6:46 pm

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery in central London, Tuesday April 29, 2014. Britain and the United States are co-hosting the two-day "asset recovery forum" designed to help find and recover assets believed to have been stolen by the regime of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool)

Britain, US seek stolen Ukraine assets

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 1:08 pm

EU names 15 new targets for sanctions

JohnThor Dahlburg · April 29, 2014 1:00 pm

Poll: Obama Approval at Lowest Ever

Michael Warren · April 29, 2014 10:15 am