Ukraine

Democrats have contended that Trump, in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, may have asked for foreign assistance in his upcoming reelection bid.

Russia seized Crimea in a move that Ukraine and most of the world views as illegal.

Ukraine insisted its vessels abided by maritime laws.

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is promising a firm response if any of Russia's citizens or interests come under attack in Ukraine.
The warning came after Ukraine announced a resumption of what it calls an "anti-terror" campaign against pro-Russian …

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Army troops are arriving in Poland to begin what will be a series of military exercises in four countries across Eastern Europe in a move to bolster allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula last month...

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting president is ordering security forces to resume operations in the country's east, and the Defense Ministry says a military aircraft was struck by gunfire over one of the tensest cities in the region...

HORLIVKA, UKRAINE (AP) — Ukraine's acting president (Oleksandr Turchynov) has called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where pro-Russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities...

"My sense is that everybody needs to sit down and talk through it," says Mark Wall, guest UW scholar.