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Ukraine's athletes cover their silver medals with hands after finishing second in cross country 4x2.5km open relay at the 2014 Winter Paralympic, Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The majority of Ukraine's Paralympic medalists covered their medals during medal ceremonies. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Covering medals, Ukrainians stage silent protest

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin listens during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Ukraine crisis, Saturday, March 15, 2014, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on Crimea’s future

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A pro-Russian soldier is back dropped by Russia flag while manning a machine-gun outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Tensions are high in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, where a referendum is to be held Sunday on whether to split off from Ukraine and seek annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine says Russian forces backed by helicopter gunships move outside Crimea

The Washington Times

National security team briefing Obama on Ukraine

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Hoeven joins senators’ economic mission to Ukraine

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Pentagon sending ready-to-eat meals to Ukraine

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Democrat (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur: GOP leaders need to ‘get their act together’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Ukrainian oligarch faces US corruption charge

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin watches downhill ski competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Roza Khutor mountain district of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Half of Americans worried about second Cold War: poll

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference at the Russian Ambassador's residence in London, Friday, March 14, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Kerry: US won’t recognize Crimea vote

By LARA JAKES and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

A member of the Crimean self defense stops a man at the main railway station in Simferopol, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2014. Members of the Crimean self defense forces check the luggage and identity documents of passengers arriving by train, especially from western Ukrainian cities or the capital, to Simferopol, looking for what they label as provocateurs, ahead of the March 16 referendum that will ask residents if they want the territory to become part of Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

As Ukraine crisis simmers, U.S. transport planes heading to Poland

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speak during the ice sledge hockey match between Russia and South Korea of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Lviv Olympic bid still in play amid Ukraine crisis

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

This undated photo released Thursday, May 30, 2013 by aerospace technology company Northrop Grumman shows the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft that students in the University of North Dakota aviation program will learn to fly. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Northrup Grumman)

Russia claims to have downed U.S. drone over Crimea region; Pentagon denies

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Lisa Bundy, foreground center, of Montgomery, Ala., hugs her father, Wayne Munsch, and friend Pat Creppel, both of New Orleans, upon returning to American soil, Friday, March 14, 2014, at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Lisa and daughter Nastia returned from Ukraine after finalizing Nastia's adoption there. (AP Photo/AL.com, Julie Bennett)

Alabama family reunited after adoptions in Ukraine

By ALEX SANZ AND PHILLIP RAWLS - Associated Press

**FILE** Retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 6, 2007. (Associated Press)

James Jones: Rejecting Keystone pipeline would embolden Putin

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Naval exercise on hold due to Ukraine tensions

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Two tugs are seen towing the second Ukraine built Zubr class air-cushioned landing craft for China. (phistory.info)

Inside China: Why Putin’s intervention in Ukraine is bad news for China

By Miles Yu

Cars make their way past barricades placed on a road near the Dynamo Kyiv soccer club stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)

Hardcore football fans to help police in Ukraine

By MARK RACHKEVYCH - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. makes a cutting gesture across his neck, referencing House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who caused an uproar last week when he made the same gesture to order microphones cut as the top Democrat on his panel was trying to speak about the Internal Revenue Service scandal over targeting of conservative political groups, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Reid said that he thought the accusations of IRS misdeeds deserved answers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid blames Koch brothers for stalling Ukraine aid

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times