IV 
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 reso-
lution; 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 Rus-
sian Federation launched an unprovoked, full-scale, mili-
tary invasion against Ukraine in direct violation of inter-
national law; 
Whereas this full-scale assault is a continuation of the Gov-
ernment 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 Federa-
tion, Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv did not fall in a matter 
of days, and Ukraine has prevented Russia from achiev-
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•HRES 227 IH 
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 de-
portation 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 at-
tacks into Ukraine and making the Lukashenka regime 
complicit in Russia’s war against Ukraine; 
Whereas Russia’s full-scale invasion has created immense hu-
manitarian 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, in-
cluding a massive influx of over 8,100,000 Ukrainian ref-
ugees in Europe and an exacerbation of global food inse-
curity; 
Whereas, since February 2022, Congress has appropriated 
over $113,000,000,000 in humanitarian, economic, and 
military assistance for Ukraine and other countries im-
pacted 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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•HRES 227 IH 
Whereas, as a share of GDP, assistance reportedly provided 
to Ukraine by Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Bul-
garia, 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 pro-
vided 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 coun-
tries 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 fa-
cilitating 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 sys-
tems, including Leopard 2 tanks, and being the third- 
largest 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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