IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 987 
Expressing gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the 
journalists and news staff who are risking injury and death, are subject 
to grave threat, and have sacrificed their lives, to chronicle and report 
on the ongoing war in Ukraine resulting from Putin’s invasion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2022 
Mrs. HINSON (for herself and Mrs. BUSTOS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing gratitude on behalf of the people of the United 
States to the journalists and news staff who are risking 
injury and death, are subject to grave threat, and have 
sacrificed their lives, to chronicle and report on the ongo-
ing war in Ukraine resulting from Putin’s invasion. 
Whereas Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet 
Union on August 24, 1991, and that independence was 
reaffirmed in a popular referendum on December 1, 
1991; 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian military in-
vaded the sovereign country of Ukraine under the direc-
tion of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir 
Putin, carrying out attacks on cities with ballistic mis-
siles, heavy artillery, and tanks; 
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Whereas the Geneva Conventions’ Protocol I includes the 
Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, 
prohibiting attacks on civilian persons and populations, 
and defines journalists and war correspondents as civil-
ians; 
Whereas the Russian Federation was an original signatory to 
the Geneva Conventions, until Putin removed the Russian 
Federation from Protocol I, which protects civilians, in 
October 2019, demonstrating a clear disregard for inno-
cent life; 
Whereas, as of March 15, 2022, a total of 691 civilians, in-
cluding children, are recorded as having been killed dur-
ing the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine; 
Whereas journalists and news staff are on the ground in 
Ukraine reporting freelance and for global networks and 
media, and are working on documentary efforts to record 
the ongoing humanitarian crisis and war caused by 
Putin’s invasion of the sovereign country of Ukraine; 
Whereas many of the journalists and news staff covering the 
war in Ukraine are American citizens or working for 
American news agencies; 
Whereas indiscriminate shelling by Russian Federation forces 
has gone so far as to shell humanitarian corridors, ma-
ternity hospitals, schools, and other primarily civilian lo-
cations; 
Whereas journalists and news staff are on the ground along 
Russian-targeted humanitarian corridors and in major 
cities across Ukraine; 
Whereas dozens of members of the free press have been mur-
dered or injured by Putin’s forces as of March 15, 2022, 
with more casualties and injuries likely; 
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Whereas, on March 1, 2022, Ukrainian-based journalist and 
camera operator Yevhenii Sakun was killed when Russian 
forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv, Ukraine; 
Whereas, on March 13, 2022, American documentarian and 
film director Brent Renaud was shot in Irpin, Ukraine, 
and later died of his wounds; 
Whereas, on March 15, 2022, Ukrainian Fox News journalist 
Oleksandra Sasha Kuvshinova was killed in Horenka, 
Ukraine, when her vehicle was struck by incoming arms 
fire; 
Whereas, on March 15, 2022, Irish Fox News cameraman 
and photographer Pierre Zakrzewski was killed in 
Horenka, Ukraine, when his vehicle was struck by incom-
ing arms fire; 
Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Danish journalist Stefan 
Weichert was shot and wounded while reporting near 
Okhtyrka, Ukraine; 
Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Danish journalist Emil 
Filtenborg was shot and wounded while reporting near 
Okhtyrka, Ukraine; 
Whereas, on February 28, 2022, British Sky News chief cor-
respondent Stuart Ramsay was shot and wounded when 
his car was ambushed by Russian soldiers in Kyiv, 
Ukraine; 
Whereas, on February 28, 2022, British Sky News camera 
operator Richie Mockler was shot and wounded when his 
car was ambushed by Russian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine; 
Whereas, on March 13, 2022, American journalist Juan 
Arredondo was shot and wounded while reporting in 
Irpin, Ukraine; 
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Whereas, on March 15, 2022, American Fox News cor-
respondent Benjamin Hall was wounded when his vehicle 
was struck by incoming arms fire in Horenka, Ukraine; 
Whereas, on March 6, 2022, Swiss journalist Guillaume Bri-
quet was wounded and robbed by Russia soldiers who 
shot at his car on the road to Mykolaiv, Ukraine; 
Whereas it is possible that additional Ukrainian and foreign 
press have been or will be injured and killed so long as 
Putin’s forces continue their brutal attack on civilians; 
Whereas all civilians, including journalists and news staff, 
should be spared violence by military forces; 
Whereas Putin and his cronies have demonstrated complete 
disregard for innocent life, Ukraine’s sovereignty, the 
right to free speech, and the rights and value of a free 
press; 
Whereas Putin is engaged in a propaganda war, as well as 
a military war, and the Russian Federation continues to 
push a false narrative about their presence in Ukraine; 
Whereas the United States supports a free and fair press and 
rejects any and all propagandist efforts by the Russian 
Federation to cover up and hide the truth behind Putin’s 
invasion; 
Whereas journalists and news staff on the ground in Ukraine 
who are reporting the truth to the world, including Amer-
ican journalists and news staff, are instrumental in com-
bating false propaganda pushed by Putin and his cronies; 
and 
Whereas despite the overwhelming threat and risk to their 
lives and the sacrifices already made, journalists and 
news staff continue to report bravely from Ukraine: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) declares its gratitude on behalf of the peo-
ple of the United States to the journalists and news 
staff who continue to put themselves in harm’s way 
to report on the humanitarian crisis and ongoing 
war on the ground in Ukraine following Putin’s in-
vasion; 
(2) remembers the journalists and news staff 
who have lost their lives or been severely injured re-
porting from Ukraine, and conveys the sympathies 
and appreciation of the people of the United States 
to their families for their sacrifice; 
(3) 
condemns 
Russian 
President 
Putin, 
Belarussian President Lukashenko, and their offi-
cials for authorizing and executing attacks on inno-
cent Ukrainian civilians, residential areas, and hu-
manitarian corridors, resulting in the loss of life of 
civilians, including journalists and news staff; and 
(4) honors the contributions of journalists and 
news staff reporting from the war in Ukraine as es-
sential in the ongoing struggle for the rights of a 
free press and free speech internationally, pivotal in 
pushing back against false propaganda by tyrants, 
and crucial to informing Americans and the world of 
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the horrors being wrought against the Ukrainian 
people. 
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