Nolan Peterson

'We'll not sell out Crimea for ships. We will neither surrender nor swap it.'

Last year, bilateral trade between the two countries grew by nearly a third.

Ukraine's future is no longer a binary struggle between a pro-Western and a pro-Russian future. Now, China's in the mix.

U.S. military forces in Europe are busily repainting their desert tan equipment in forest green.

The last time the US celebrated a true peacetime Christmas was in the year 2000.

China may ultimately prefer Ukraine to be in Russia's orbit rather than the West's.

As an act of defiance against their Soviet past, the Gregorian calendar has been abandoned.

Beyond Ukraine's borders, there's a race to militarize against the revanchist Russian threat.

In 2014, 100 percent of Ukraine's nuclear fuel came from Russia. By 2016, Russia's share was down to 55 percent.

The killings may be part of a Russian shadow war intended to destabilize the country.

The Ukrainian government has been attacked by computer viruses that target particular individuals.

Less than 8 percent of the U.S. population has served in the armed forces.

War with Russia no longer monopolizes the political conversation. Reformers are able to zero in on fighting corruption.

Scots nationalists are invoking Catalonia to resurrect pro-independence ideas that have fallen out of favor among Scottish voters.

A Kiev store that dared paint over revolutionary graffiti was attacked by an angry crowd.

35 U.S. cyber operators responded to a simulated cyberattack on maintenance diagnostics programs for U.S. A-10s.

The Azov Regiment is occupying the villa of Ukraine's pro-Russian former president.

Any proof of Ukrainian complicity on N. Korea's missile program would irreparably damage U.S.-Ukrainian relations.

The military-industrial complex is more committed to exporting weapons than supplying Ukraine's front line troops.

The US is selling Ukraine lethal defensive weapons, including the Javelin anti-tank missile.

After three years of war, most Ukrainians still believe freedom is worth fighting for.

A cyberattack, an assassination and a war without end. All fingers point to Putin

Less than an hour's car ride from the trenches, you'd hardly know there was a war on.

The U.S. has about 35,000 total military personnel in Europe.

Poroshenko cites Russian cyberattacks around the world.

The election of Macron was a blow to Putin's hopes of reshaping Europe.

There is a burgeoning divide between the working middle class and the gilded Parisian super-rich.

The French election is about more than just France. Europe's future is at a crossroads.

For Putin, saying Russia is an ally against terrorism is a bargaining chip for lifting sanctions.

The clock is ticking before the discontent that sparked the 2014 revolution resurfaces.