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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 88 

Calling on the Russian Federation to stop the violence in Ukraine, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2017 

Mr. HARRIS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. LEVIN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the Russian Federation to stop the violence in 

Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

Whereas in 2014, the Russian Federation forcibly and illegally occupied the Ukraine territory of Crimea and invaded regions of eastern Ukraine, in gross violation of 

Ukraine’s sovereignty, deserving condemnation from the 

international community; 

Whereas the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances 

was signed on December 5, 1994, by the United States, 

the United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation pursuant to Ukraine’s, Belarus’s and Kazakhstan’s accession 

to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and included security assurances against threats or 

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use of force against the territorial integrity or political 

independence of such countries; 

Whereas, on July 17, 2014, the Russian military violated 

Ukraine’s territorial integrity by firing a Buk anti-aircraft missile which downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, 

killing 298 passengers and crew members; 

Whereas the Russian Federation under President Vladimir 

Putin has engaged in relentless political, economic, and 

military aggression to subvert the independence and violate the territorial integrity of Ukraine; 

Whereas combined Russian separatists have massed tens of 

thousands of troops on its borders with Ukraine and 

maintained thousands of troops in eastern Ukraine; 

Whereas Russia has committed millions of dollars into funding propaganda, disinformation, and military expenditures to further its aspirations to reassemble its empire; 

Whereas Russian interference in the Ukraine contributed to 

the death of the ‘‘Heavenly Hundred’’ during the 

Maidan; 

Whereas Russia’s war in Ukraine has left more than 10,000 

dead since 2014, and has created a humanitarian crisis 

that has left 1,700,000 people internally displaced; 

Whereas the humanitarian crisis is worsening as more than 

5,000,000 people in eastern Ukraine lack sufficient access to food, emergency shelter, and medical treatment; 

Whereas, on January 30, 2017, according to the United 

States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the number of recent Russian ceasefire violations in the Donbas has spiked greatly, 

with explosions around the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka 

surpassing 2,300; 

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Whereas damage from this recent bombardment has stranded 

17,000 people, estimated to include 2,500 children, in 

Avdiivka without water, electricity, or heat in freezing 

conditions; 

Whereas up to 400,000 individuals in the surrounding area 

are also at risk of hypothermia with winter’s freezing 

temperatures; 

Whereas Russia’s covert war in Ukraine is a clear, gross, and 

uncorrected violation of relevant OSCE commitments; 

Whereas Russia’s action in Ukraine is just one aspect of its 

campaign to undermine the international order established, and defended at great cost, by the United States 

and its allies in the aftermath of World War II and the 

Cold War; and 

Whereas deterring Russian aggression in Ukraine is an effective way for the United States to protect its vital interests in NATO and around the world: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) calls on the Russian Federation to— 

3 (A) stop the violence in Ukraine; 

4 (B) honor the ceasefire agreed to under 

5 the Minsk Accord; 

6 (C) withdraw heavy weapons and troops 

7 from Ukraine’s sovereign territory; 

8 (D) stop financing the separatists in east9 ern Ukraine; 

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1 (E) allow repairs to critical infrastructure; 

2 and 

3 (F) fulfill all of its Minsk commitments; 

4 (2) expresses its sense that continued and fur5 ther unlawful Russian aggression in Ukraine may 

6 warrant considering the imposition of additional and 

7 more burdensome sanctions on the Russian Federa8 tion; 

9 (3) calls on the United States and other NATO 

10 countries to provide more defensive military support 

11 for Ukraine in fighting off Russian aggression; and 

12 (4) calls on the United States and the United 

13 Nations and its constituent agencies to provide more 

14 support for the 1,700,000 internally displaced people 

15 in Ukraine. 

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