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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 871 

Condemning the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine to the Russian 

Federation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine 

to the Russian Federation. 

Whereas, on January 12, 1951, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (commonly known as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), of which 

the Russian Federation is a signatory, came into effect; 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation renewed their illegal and unprovoked large-scale invasion of 

Ukraine; 

Whereas, on March 9, 2022, Russian Forces attacked a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, resulting in the 

deaths of 3 individuals and injuries to 17 other individuals; 


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Whereas, on March 22, 2022, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that the Russian military had forcefully 

and illegally kidnapped 2,389 Ukrainian children from 

temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr 

Zelenskyy stated that 200,000 children are among the 

Ukrainians who have been forcefully resettled in Russia; 

Whereas forcibly transferring children of one group to another group is a violation of Article II(e) of the Genocide 

Convention; 

Whereas, Maria Lvova-Belova, Children’s Rights Commissioner for the President of Russia, admitted to kidnapping Ukrainian children and facilitating forced adoptions 

to Russian families; 

Whereas Ukrainian authorities have stated that a number of 

the kidnapped Ukrainian children have families who remain in Ukraine, but have been separated due to the renewed Russian invasion; 

Whereas on June 16, 2022, Russian authorities announced 

that children born in occupied Ukrainian territories after 

the February 24, 2022, invasion will be deemed Russian 

citizens; 

Whereas, on June 22, 2022, the United Nations Human 

Rights Office of the High Commissioner has verified at 

that at least 320 children have been killed since Russia’s 

renewed invasion began; 

Whereas, on July 11, 2022, United Nations Secretary General Anto ́nio Guterres ordered an investigation into the 

deaths and injuries of Ukrainian children; and 

Whereas, on July 13, 2022, Secretary of State Antony J. 

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mediately halt its systemic filtration operations in 

Ukraine’’, which have caused the disappearance, detention, or forcible deportation of between 900,000 and 

1,600,000 Ukrainians (approximately 260,000 of whom 

are children): Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) holds the Government of the Russian Fed3 eration, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, re4 sponsible for the wrongful and illegal kidnapping of 

5 children from Ukraine and officially condemns these 

6 actions in the strongest terms; 

7 (2) declares that the facilitation of illegal adop8 tions is contrary to Russia’s obligations under the 

9 Genocide Convention and amounts to genocide; 

10 (3) claims that the Russian Federation is at11 tempting to wipe out a generation of Ukrainian chil12 dren, thereby crippling Ukraine’s ability to nurture 

13 the next generation of Ukrainian citizens and lead14 ers and to rebuild their country after Russia’s 

15 unprovoked war, with the purpose of demolishing 

16 Ukraine’s unique language, culture, history, and 

17 identity; and 

18 (4) asserts that the invasion of Ukraine by the 

19 Russian Federation has significantly increased the 

20 risks of children being exposed to human trafficking 

21 and exploitation, child labor, gender-based violence, 


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1 hunger, injury, trauma, deprivation of education and 

2 shelter, and death. 

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