H.Res. 154

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 154

Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the people of Ukraine 3 years 
after Russian President Vladimir Putin's illegal and unprovoked war 
against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and recognizing the terrible cost 
of Russia's committing crimes against Humanity aggression.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 24, 2025

Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Quigley, and Mr. Wilson 
of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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RESOLUTION

Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the people of Ukraine 3 years 
after Russian President Vladimir Putin's illegal and unprovoked war 
against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and recognizing the terrible cost 
of Russia's committing crimes against Humanity aggression.

Whereas Russia initially, and without provocation, invaded the sovereign Nation 
of Ukraine in 2014 when it illegally annexed the Crimea, Donetsk, and 
Luhansk Oblasts;
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his 
administration launched a violent full-scale invasion of Ukraine;
Whereas Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, intended to achieve Vladimir 
Putin's goal of seizing all of sovereign Ukraine, has proven that 
Vladimir Putin's goal will not stand or ever come to pass;
Whereas, after 3 years of war in Ukraine, the people of Ukraine continue to 
demonstrate their commitment to defeating the Russian Federation and 
building a just and free democratic country;
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 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and nearly 29,178 
injured by Russia's unjustified war of aggression, wounded by deliberate 
and indiscriminate Russian strikes against Ukraine;
Whereas over 19,000 Ukrainian-born children have been illegally abducted by the 
Russian Federation and sympathizers and taken to Russian-occupied 
territory in Ukraine or Russia in an attempt to forcibly turn them into 
Russian citizens and erase their Ukrainian heritage and identities;
Whereas the full-scale war in Ukraine has displaced nearly 4 million people 
inside the country and 6.8 million people into neighboring countries or 
other countries globally;
Whereas more than 14,600,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 
Ukraine, representing over one quarter of Ukraine's pre-war population;
Whereas the total value of direct damage and destruction to Ukraine's 
infrastructure as a result to Russia's full-scale war to educational 
institutions, museums, religious institutions, energy sector, and 
cultural sites, medical facilities, residential building and homes, 
entertainment arenas, digital and telecommunications sector, 
agricultural sector, businesses, government buildings and more is 
estimated to be over $400,000,000,000;
Whereas over 100,000 instances of crimes against humanity and 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 and verified;
Whereas the international community expressed concerns about the whereabouts and 
treatment of Ukrainians in Russian filtration camps who were possibly 
detained in unknown locations at high risk of torture and ill-treatment;
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, and the United States has determined that Russia 
committed crimes against humanity during its war in Ukraine;
Whereas the involvement of China, Iran, and North Korea in furthering the 
violence being committed against the people of 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 
territories 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 people of 
Ukraine and strong support for Ukraine as it defends itself 
against Russian aggression;
(2) unequivocally condemns Vladimir Putin and his 
authoritarian regime;
(3) stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine in 
commemoration of the terrible costs Ukraine has borne after 3 
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;
(5) commends the people of Ukraine who are sacrificing 
greatly as they seek to rejoin the world community of free, 
independent, and democratic Nations;
(6) stands with the people of Ukraine to continue a range 
of substantive measures to prevent external direct and hybrid 
aggression against Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for 
aggression and violations of international law;
(7) reaffirms to never recognize Russia's attempted 
annexation of Crimea and full support for international 
efforts, including in the Normandy Format, aimed at negotiating 
a diplomatic resolution to the Russia-led armed conflict in the 
Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine on the basis of respect 
for international law, including the UN Charter;
(8) expresses the need to restore Ukrainian control over 
the Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied or controlled by 
Russia including Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions;
(9) confirms the importance of the Budapest Memorandum of 
December 5, 1994, and calls on Russia to fulfill its previous 
commitments to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial 
integrity within its internationally recognized borders;
(10) works on building Ukraine's resilience against Russian 
aggression and reaffirmed the importance of the Minsk 
agreements to end Russian aggression against Ukraine;
(11) supports creating security conditions for the full 
implementation of the Minsk Agreements;
(12) aims at deepening Ukraine's integration into Euro-
Atlantic institutions concurrent priorities; and
(13) supports the United States-Ukraine Strategic 
Partnership Charter as a platform to advance United States and 
Ukraine strategic interests.
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