[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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