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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Secretary of State Kerry arrived in Geneva on Wednesday for the high-stakes diplomatic meetings with Russia, Ukraine and the EU. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions _ for now

By LARA JAKES and JOHN HEILPRIN - Associated Press

Illustration on Putin in Ukraine by Schot, De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ALLARD: Brushing up on the Cold War with Putin, Ukraine

By Ken Allard

An US F16 fighter jet takes off from a Romanian air base in Campia Turzii, Romania, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Some 450 U.S. and Romanian troops are taking part in the Dacian Viper 2014 joint military exercise in Transylvania, northwestern Romania flying U.S. F-16 fighter jets of the U.S. 31st Fighter Wing alongside Romanian Mig-21 Lancers.The weeklong exercise, the fourth of its kind, was planned before Russia&#8217;s recent annexation of Crimea, according to officials.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Flying blind: Russia blocks U.S. from treaty-approved spy flights

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Skeptics on all sides take aim of John Kerry’s tentative deal on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army react as they sit a top combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pro-Russian forces storm Ukraine national guard base; 3 killed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a televised call-in show with the nation in Moscow, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

PRUDEN: When a bored president just ‘mails it in’

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Soldiers from the Ukrainian Army sit atop combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government's hopes of re-establishing control over restive eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Hagel to Ukraine: We can give you helmets, sleeping mats, non-lethal aid to counter Russians

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Blokhin resigns as Dynamo Kiev coach

Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Nita Lowey, New York Democrat and ranking member of the House subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, questions US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 8, 2014. Shah testified on USAID's fiscal 2015 budget request but was questioned on the agency’s secret 'Cuban Twitter', a social media network built to stir unrest in the communist island. (Associated Press)

Rep. Nita Lowey urges Kerry to protect Jewish people of Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Hagel pledges nonlethal military aid to Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier is seen in a tank of the Ukrainian Army, as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government's hopes of re-establishing control over restive eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Ukraine: 3 killed after Black Sea base attack

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots fly in formation during a training exercise March 16, 2010, at Moody Air Force, Ga. Members of the 74th Fighter Squadron performed surge operations to push its support function to the limit and simulate pilots' wartime flying rates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman) **FILE**

Removal of military gear limits options for U.S., NATO in Ukraine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media after an NATO Ambassadors Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. NATO says it's reinforcing its military presence on eastern border on sea, land and in the air. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Multinational naval fleet to depart Germany for Baltic Sea within days

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army react as they sit a top combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pro-Russian insurgents seize Ukrainian armored vehicles

Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Geneva, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, where he is scheduled to participate in talks on the ongoing situation in Ukraine with representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the European Union. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

US readies sanctions on Russia, aid for Ukraine

By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES - Associated Press

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

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EU agrees to work more closely with NATO

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

U.S. military on high alert as Ukraine troops trade gunfire with pro-Russian militants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

US Senator McCain mocks EU’s Russia sanctions

Associated Press