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Photographs of Ukrainian soldiers killed during the Russian Ukrainian war are displayed in the Saints Peter and Paul church in Lviv, Ukraine, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Congress will decide if they help Ukraine fight a war on faith, freedom or not

By Sam Brownback – Special to Higher Ground

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen looks on during her joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Petter Orpo at the Lappeenranta airport, eastern Finland, Friday April 19, 2024. President von der Leyen and Prime Minister Orpo visited the eastern border region of Finland on Friday and discussed what Finland and the EU can do to prevent instrumentalised migration to Finland's eastern border. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)

European Union official von der Leyen visits Finland-Russia border to assess security situation

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Americans in prisoner swap with Russia illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Bringing back Americans unlawfully detained in Russia

By Daniel N. Hoffman

A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office board in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin mocks planned Ukraine conference, says Russia won’t accept any enforced peace plans

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Bold move or reckless escalation? Debate flares on Western boots on the ground in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Putin's blame game on Ukraine illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Putin’s failed blame game in terror attack exposes brittle regime

By Daniel N. Hoffman

People light candles and lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. There were calls Monday for harsh punishment for those behind the attack on the Russia concert hall that killed more than 130 people as authorities combed the burnt-out ruins of the shopping and entertainment complex in search of more bodies. (Sergei Vedyashkin, Moscow News Agency via AP)

Putin says ‘radical Islamists’ were responsible for concert hall massacre, but still accuses Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting on Friday, is escorted by police officers in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia concert hall attack suspects appear in a Moscow courtroom

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In this photo released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, March 23, 2024, Russian Emergency Ministry rescuers work inside the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024, following an attack Friday, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Over 90 people were killed authorities said. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin suggests Ukraine was linked to deadly attack on Moscow-area concert hall

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A woman lights candles at the fence next to the Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Russia's top state investigative agency says the death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack has risen to over 133. The attack Friday on Crocus City Hall, a sprawling mall and concert venue on Moscow's western edge, also left many wounded and left the building a smoldering ruin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

A woman places flowers by the fence next to the Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024, following an attack Friday, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Russian officials say more than 90 people have been killed by assailants who burst into a concert hall and sprayed the crowd with gunfire. (AP Photo/Vitaly Smolnikov)

Russia detains 11 in an attack on Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133

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A local resident reacts at the site of Russia's air attack, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

OK, it’s a ‘war’: Russia upgrades ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders are gathering to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine. Leaders will also discuss in Thursday's summit the war in Gaza amid deep concern about Israeli plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Hungary’s Orban congratulates Putin on widely criticized Russian election win

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Cold war relations between America, China and Russia illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

China’s unique role in ending the first Cold War

By Joseph R. DeTrani