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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 41 

Underscoring continued support for the people of Ukraine in their fight 

against Russia’s aggression, reiterating support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and its territorial waters, and calling for justice for all 

atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s forces in Ukraine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2023 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, and Mr. QUIGLEY) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Underscoring continued support for the people of Ukraine 

in their fight against Russia’s aggression, reiterating 

support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and its territorial waters, and calling for justice 

for all atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s 

forces in Ukraine. 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, following on its invasion of Ukraine’s Crimea region and other territories 

in eastern Ukraine in 2014; 


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Whereas the people of Ukraine have fought bravely and heroically for their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence, including their choice 

of democracy for Ukraine; 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of 

Ukraine has caused immense human suffering within 

Ukraine and around the world, and fueled conflicts within the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, 

Georgia, and Moldova and violated their territorial integrity, resulting in Russia’s occupation of parts of eastern 

and southern Ukraine, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and 

the city of Sevastopol, and Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia 

and South Ossetia as well as a violation of its neighbors; 

Whereas the Lukashenka regime in Belarus is complicit in 

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has allowed 

the Russian military to use Belarusian territory to attack 

Ukraine; 

Whereas the direct targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure is a violation of international law, and Russia’s 

attacks have resulted in the death of countless Ukrainian 

civilians across the country; 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of 

Ukraine has resulted in the displacement of millions of 

Ukrainian civilians both internally and abroad, 

disproportionally affecting the lives of women and children in Ukraine; 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of 

Ukraine has impeded the export of vital global food supplies resulting in increased food insecurity for the world’s 

most vulnerable populations; 


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Whereas the Russian Federation’s military tactics and calculations have led to outright failure in Ukraine; 

Whereas an immense amount of compelling evidence has already been collected indicating that members of the Russian military have committed a wide variety of atrocity 

crimes in Ukraine and against the Ukrainian people; 

Whereas efforts to achieve justice and accountability for 

atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s forces 

in Ukraine have been organized on a national and international level; and 

Whereas the Russian Federation’s unprecedented full-scale 

invasion of Ukraine has reached a critical point requiring 

immediate and decisive action by the international community: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns in the strongest terms the Rus3 sian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; 

4 (2) calls on the Russian Federation to cease its 

5 war of aggression against Ukraine and remove all of 

6 its troops from the internationally recognized bor7 ders of Ukraine; 

8 (3) supports the people of Ukraine in their de9 fense of their country’s freedom, independence, and 

10 democracy; 

11 (4) recognizes the immense bravery and resil12 ience shown by the people of Ukraine in the face of 

13 Russia’s unbridled aggression; 


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1 (5) underscores Ukraine’s sovereignty and terri2 torial integrity within its internationally recognized 

3 borders; 

4 (6) reaffirms that the United States will never 

5 recognize the Russian Federation’s illegal and illegit6 imate attempted annexation of Ukraine’s territory; 

7 (7) underscores the need for increased punitive 

8 actions, in coordination with United States allies 

9 and partners, against Russia in response to the full10 scale invasion of Ukraine and occupation of sov11 ereign territory of Ukraine; 

12 (8) strongly supports the seizure of frozen Rus13 sian sovereign assets for use by Ukraine, including 

14 for its recovery and reconstruction; 

15 (9) underscores the urgent need for increased 

16 security assistance to Ukraine; 

17 (10) calls for justice and accountability for all 

18 responsible for serious violations of international hu19 manitarian law and gross violations of internation20 ally recognized human rights in Ukraine; and 

21 (11) urges United States allies and partners to 

22 increase their assistance to Ukraine and continue to 

23 stand together in support of the people of Ukraine 


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1 in their defense of their country’s freedom, inde2 pendence, and democracy. 

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