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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 227 

Recognizing the sovereignty of Ukraine and the unbreakable spirit of the 

people of Ukraine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2023 

Mr. KEAN of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

LAWLER, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. QUIGLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the sovereignty of Ukraine and the unbreakable 

spirit of the people of Ukraine. 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation launched an unprovoked, full-scale, military invasion against Ukraine in direct violation of international law; 

Whereas this full-scale assault is a continuation of the Government of the Russian Federation’s illegal invasion and 

occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and part of 

Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014; 

Whereas contrary to the expectations of the Russian Federation, Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv did not fall in a matter 

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ing its objectives of conquering Ukraine and installing a 

puppet government; 

Whereas Russia’s invading forces have committed war crimes, 

crimes against humanity, and other atrocity crimes in 

Ukraine, including rape, torture, murder, the forcible deportation of children, and the targeting of civilian critical 

infrastructure; 

Whereas the Russian Federation has deployed troops to 

Belarus, using the country as a staging ground for attacks into Ukraine and making the Lukashenka regime 

complicit in Russia’s war against Ukraine; 

Whereas Russia’s full-scale invasion has created immense humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and, as a result, over 8,000 

civilians have died, roughly 5,400,000 people have been 

internally displaced, and 17,600,000 people are in need 

of humanitarian aid; 

Whereas Russia’s war has also triggered an immense human 

and economic toll felt well beyond Ukraine’s border, including a massive influx of over 8,100,000 Ukrainian refugees in Europe and an exacerbation of global food insecurity; 

Whereas, since February 2022, Congress has appropriated 

over $113,000,000,000 in humanitarian, economic, and 

military assistance for Ukraine and other countries impacted by the conflict, and related funding, which totals 

just 0.4 percent of the United States gross domestic 

product (GDP); 

Whereas our European allies and partners have committed 

more economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine 

than the United States; 


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Whereas, as a share of GDP, assistance reportedly provided 

to Ukraine by Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech 

Republic, Portugal, Sweden, and Greece is higher than 

that provided by any other country including the United 

States, and many other European countries have provided an amount of assistance comparable to the United 

States as a share of their GDP; 

Whereas, as a share of a country’s defense budget, 12 countries have provided more military aid to Ukraine than the 

United States; 

Whereas the United Kingdom has provided the second-most 

military assistance to Ukraine after the United States 

and was the first country to pledge Western main battle 

tanks, provide significantly longer range missiles, and 

train Ukrainian pilots on advanced Western fighter jets; 

Whereas Poland has been a regional leader in supporting the 

people of Ukraine, including by processing the border 

crossing of over 9,900,000 refugees from Ukraine and facilitating their onward movement to other European 

countries, caring for over 1,500,000 Ukrainian refugees 

currently residing in Poland, providing training for 

Ukrainian soldiers in Poland on various weapons systems, including Leopard 2 tanks, and being the thirdlargest provider of military assistance to Ukraine; 

Whereas, as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of 

Ukraine, Sweden and Finland have applied for NATO 

membership which would greatly bolster the security and 

strength of the alliance; 

Whereas European countries have generously accepted and 

cared for over 7,800,000 Ukrainian refugees who have 


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fled from Russia’s war, including more than 4,000,000 

Ukrainians who have registered for temporary protection 

in the European Union (EU), at an estimated cost of 

$18,000,000,000 in EU funding and billions more in 

funds from individual EU member states; and 

Whereas the Ukraine Oversight Working Group, led by the 

inspector generals (IGs) from the Department of Defense, Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development, is following a coordinated Joint Plan to ensure transparent oversight of and 

accountability for the United States assistance to 

Ukraine, and the IGs have completed 14 reviews and 

have 64 ongoing or planned reviews related to the United 

States Ukraine response: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) demands that the Government of the Rus3 sian Federation respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and 

4 territorial integrity as well as immediately withdraw 

5 all of its forces from inside the internationally recog6 nized borders of Ukraine; 

7 (2) affirms its strong support for continued 

8 United States support to Ukraine, specifically the 

9 transfer of lethal aid to enable Ukraine to liberate 

10 its sovereign territory and win the war as soon as 

11 possible; 

12 (3) appreciates those United States allies and 

13 partners that have provided significant support to 


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1 Ukraine and urges their continued and increased as2 sistance to Ukraine; 

3 (4) calls on allies and partners in Europe to in4 crease national defense spending in order to bolster 

5 trans-Atlantic security; 

6 (5) affirms the importance of robust trans7 parency and accountability mechanisms for United 

8 States assistance to Ukraine to ensure its proper 

9 and effective use; and 

10 (6) condemns Russian war crimes, crimes 

11 against humanity, and other atrocity crimes in the 

12 strongest terms and calls for accountability for those 

13 involved, including at all levels of Russian leader14 ship. 

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