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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands before posing for a photo during the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)

China signs giant 30-year deal with Russia for natural gas

Associated Press

Pro-Russian gunmen atop of an armored personnel carrier with the words read &quot;Battalion Vostok (East) &quot; patrol a street in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. One rebel leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, retaliated Tuesday by threatening to nationalize Akhmetov’s assets over his refusal to pay taxes to the Donetsk People’s Republic. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Relatives of Yekaterina Len, 61, try to clean debris in her destroyed house following a shelling in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Slovyansk has been the major fighting ground between pro-Russian insurgents and Ukrainian government troops in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine tycoon: Separatists are wrecking the east

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO - Associated Press

A gunman aims his weapon in the hatch of a car at a local administration building preparing to patrol in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2014, with a huge Donetsk People's Republic flag in the background. Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Pentagon sees no sign of Russian pullback: Troops ‘are still in the tens of thousands’

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

A man looks out of the back window of a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday May 19, 2014. Ukraine will hold presidential elections on May 25. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine’s hobbled navy: ‘Times are not the best’

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

FILE - This May 16, 2014 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden speaking in Arlington, Va. What happens when you invite Vice President Joe Biden to your prom? Chances are he won't show. But he doesn't ignore it, either. That's what happened when Talia Maselli invited Biden to her high school prom in Newington, Conn. The student reached out last fall knowing Biden's dance card would likely fill up. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Biden: NATO key to blocking Russian aggression

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Head of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Charles Bolden, speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Monday, May 19, 2014. The head of NASA has dismissed concerns that friction with Russia might spell the end of the International Space Station. Russia’s deputy prime minister said last week that his country wouldn’t cooperate with the United States on the project beyond 2020. The move followed a decision by the United States to impose sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said Monday that the space station is run jointly by the U.S., Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada, and no single partner can terminate the project. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NASA: Russia alone can’t end space station work

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday May 17, 2014 file photo pro-Russian militants walk to their positions to fight against Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine. The struggling interim government in Kiev has been counting on the election to install a president who would be seen as a legitimate successor to Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia in February after months of street protests. But the long-anticipated election may not be considered legitimate by Russia, the West or Ukrainians themselves if people in a large part of the country are unable or unwilling to cast their ballots. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

U.S. wants ‘firm evidence’ of Russian withdrawal from Ukraine borders

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, May 12, 2014, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Interior Ministry Troops Commander Nikolai Rogozhkin, appointed as the president’s representative in the Siberian Federal District, in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin orders troops near Ukraine to return home

Associated Press

A gunman aims his weapon in the hatch of a car at a local administration building preparing to patrol in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2014, with a huge Donetsk People's Republic flag in the background. Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House: No sign Russian troops pulling back

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A boy stands atop a seized APC that was set alight during a fighting between pro-Russian militants and government troops at Oktyabrskoye village, about 20 km. (12 miles) from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. At list six servicemen were ambushed and killed and eight others wounded Tuesday afternoon outside the town of Kramatorsk, Ukrainian defense ministry said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin: Ukraine must pre-pay for gas from June 1

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, May 12, 2014, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Interior Ministry Troops Commander Nikolai Rogozhkin, appointed as the president’s representative in the Siberian Federal District, in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Rep. Fred Upton: Vladimir Putin playing at ‘extortion’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian insurgents with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic man a checkpoint by the Karl Marx coal mine seen in the background near Korsun, a small town about 30 km north-east from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The words on the wall of barricades read &quot; No fascism&quot;. The Donetsk People's Republic has proclaimed independence from Ukraine after a contentious autonomy referendum Sunday that has been rejected by the government and the international community. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine launches talks but its foes are missing

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

IOC creates $300K fund to help Ukraine athletes

Associated Press

VP Biden’s son joins Ukraine gas company’s board

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2014, file photo, Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, addresses a crowd during a rally at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in Sandy, Utah. Cruz will visit Ukraine this month and meet with leaders of the protest movement that forced out the country's pro-Russian president, his office said Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US Sen. Cruz of Texas to visit Ukraine

Associated Press

Weak Leadership Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CORNYN: The perils of foreign-policy weakness

By John Cornyn

Ukraine: 6 soldiers ambushed, killed in the east

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden's youngest son, Hunter, has been appointed head of legal affairs at Ukraine's largest private gas producer.

Joe Biden’s son Hunter to head legal unit at Ukraine’s largest private gas company

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat (Associated Press)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal: Eastern Ukraine referendums a ‘farce’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times