Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the Ukrainian people 2 years after Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and recognizing the terrible cost of Russia's war of aggression.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1014 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1014

  Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the Ukrainian people 2 years 
 after Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 
    24, 2022, and recognizing the terrible cost of Russia's war of 
                              aggression.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Harris, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Landsman, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. 
   Morelle, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Auchincloss, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
 Himes, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Crow, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. 
  Casten, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Wild, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Mr. Evans, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carson, Mr. Bera, Mr. 
  Cohen, and Mr. Mfume) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the Ukrainian people 2 years 
 after Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 
    24, 2022, and recognizing the terrible cost of Russia's war of 
                              aggression.

Whereas Russia initially, and without provocation, invaded the sovereign Nation 
        of Ukraine in 2014 when it illegally captured portions of the Crimea, 
        Donetsk, and Luhansk Oblasts;
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin and the Russian State initiated 
        the violent invasion of Ukraine;
Whereas Russia's invasion of Ukraine, intended to achieve Vladimir Putin's goal 
        of conquering all of Ukraine, has proven to be a failure;
Whereas, after 2 years of war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian people continue to 
        demonstrate their commitment to defeating Russia and building a just and 
        free democratic society;
Whereas the war being perpetrated against Ukraine today takes place in the 
        context of a long history of occupation and persecution against it by 
        authoritarian powers including Russia, the Soviet Union, and Nazi 
        Germany;
Whereas over 10,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and nearly 20,000 
        wounded by deliberate and indiscriminate Russian strikes against 
        Ukraine;
Whereas over 19,000 Ukrainian-born children have been illegally abducted by 
        Russian forces and sympathizers and taken to Russian-occupied territory 
        or Russia in an attempt to forcibly turn them into Russian citizens and 
        erase their Ukrainian heritage;
Whereas roughly 10,000,000 Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes as a 
        result of Russia's invasion, including 3,700,000 internally in Ukraine 
        and 6,300,000 who have been forced to leave the country;
Whereas 14,600,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, 
        representing over one quarter of Ukraine's prewar population;
Whereas the total value of the physical destruction to Ukraine's infrastructure, 
        including schools, religious and cultural sites, hospitals, homes, 
        businesses, government buildings and more is estimated to be over 
        $400,000,000,000;
Whereas over 100,000 instances of potential war crimes committed by Russian 
        forces, including the intentional targeting of civilians, sexual 
        violence, torture, mass murder, and other crimes against humanity, have 
        been recorded;
Whereas the International Criminal Court has indicted Vladimir Putin for his 
        role in the war crime of unlawful deportation of children and transfer 
        from Ukraine to Russia;
Whereas the involvement of China, Iran, and North Korea in furthering the 
        violence being committed against Ukraine, is evidence of the increasing 
        coordination of an emerging ``Axis of Tyranny'', whose primary intention 
        is to sow instability at the expense of innocent civilians and as a 
        means of undermining the security of the free world;
Whereas, aside from individual international volunteers, Ukraine has fought this 
        war entirely with Ukrainian personnel;
Whereas with aid from the United States and its allies, Ukraine has liberated 50 
        percent of all territory that was once occupied by Russia;
Whereas Ukraine has destroyed as much as 40 percent of Russia's entire fighting 
        military forces, including over 300,000 Russian casualties or as much as 
        90 percent of Russia's estimated initial invasion force; and
Whereas, since Ukraine's successful repulsing of Russia's initial invasion, the 
        Ukrainian people have inspired the world through its heroic stand for 
        democratic values: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reaffirms its longtime commitment to the Ukranian 
        people and strong support for Ukraine as it defends itself 
        against Russia;
            (2) unequivocally condemns Vladimir Putin and his 
        authoritarian regime;
            (3) stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in 
        commemoration of the terrible costs Ukraine has borne after 2 
        years of brutal war;
            (4) recognizes the importance of Ukraine's historic fight 
        for the security and prosperity of all nations on the continent 
        of Europe and the United States; and
            (5) commends the Ukrainian people who are sacrificing 
        greatly as they seek to rejoin the world community of free, 
        independent, and democratic Nations.
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