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Vladimir Putin is making Russian passports more easily available to Ukrainians living in the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, where pro-Kremlin separatists have been battling Kiev forces.

Russia's security chief said that Kiev's reliance on Western support may contribute to Ukraine's loss of statehood.

Donetsk rebel chief Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in a bomb attack on Friday.

The Kremlin leader allegedly revealed the news during a closed-door speech on Thursday with top Russian ambassadors.

The U.S. State Department demanded an end to the hostilities as the conflict entered its fifth year.

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Ukraine's security service has brought criminal charges against leading reform groups.

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

The EU cannot afford to become indifferent to threats to the rule of law among its members.

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

The 1.6 million who have been displaced are being badly treated by Ukraine.

Putin knows that escalation means many more Russian casualties and even more crippling sanctions.

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

156,000 Hungarian speakers live in Ukraine, 1.5 million in Romania, and others live in Serbia, Croatia, and Slovakia.

Russia has long been accused of sending support for insurgents in Ukraine via the porous border.

It's disheartening to see law enforcement agencies more concerned with lining their pockets than fighting corruption.

The USSR was a colonial power from the moment its troops first crossed into Ukraine.

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

The future of Poland's position in the European Union remains uncertain.

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

Moscow claims that any Russian military hardware was looted by rebels from Ukrainian government depots.