IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 50 
Calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who 
was captured by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine and has been held 
illegally in a Russian prison since July 2014. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. QUIGLEY, and 
Mr. PASCRELL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya 
Savchenko, who was captured by Russian forces in East-
ern Ukraine and has been held illegally in a Russian 
prison since July 2014. 
Whereas Nadiya Savchenko is the first-ever female fighter 
pilot in Ukraine’s Armed Forces and is an Iraqi war vet-
eran; 
Whereas in the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine, Nadiya 
Savchenko volunteered her services to the Ukrainian 
Aidar battalion; 
Whereas Nadiya Savchenko was elected in absentia from the 
Batkivshchyna Party to Ukraine’s Parliament in October 
2014, and appointed to the Parliament Assembly of the 
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Council of Europe (PACE) as a representative from 
Ukraine; 
Whereas as a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieu-
tenant Nadiya Savchenko was conducting operations in 
eastern Ukraine against pro-Russian forces in the sum-
mer of 2014 when she was captured and taken into cap-
tivity; 
Whereas during her mission in Eastern Ukraine, she was 
captured by the Donbas People’s Militia, detained on 
Ukrainian territory, deprived of rights to due process, 
and illegally transferred to the Russian Federation to 
stand trial on unsubstantiated charges of terrorism; 
Whereas since July 2014, Nadiya Savchenko has endured in-
voluntary psychiatric evaluations and solitary confine-
ment; 
Whereas Nadiya Savchenko is currently entering her sixth 
week of a hunger strike as a symbol of her protest; 
Whereas Nadiya Savchenko is denied access to urgently need-
ed medical attention and access to legal counsel; 
Whereas the Minsk Protocol of September 2014, signed by 
Ukraine and the Russian Federation, calls for the ‘‘im-
mediate release of all hostages and illegally held per-
sons’’; 
Whereas appeals have been made to the United Nations 
Human Rights Council and the International Red Cross 
to secure Nadiya Savchenko’s release; 
Whereas the international community including representa-
tives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of 
Europe (PACE) and of the United States have urged her 
immediate release; 
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Whereas, on January 26, 2015, the opening day of the Par-
liamentary Assembly, the global community embark on a 
public campaign to bring attention to the plight of 
Nadiya Savchenko and demand her immediate release; 
and 
Whereas the Government of the United States and its people 
express concern about the deteriorating health of de-
tained pilot Nadiya Savchenko and her continued illegal 
imprisonment: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the Russian Federation for its il-
legal imprisonment of Nadiya Savchenko; 
(2) calls on the Russian Federation to imme-
diately release Nadiya Savchenko; 
(3) calls on the United States, its European al-
lies, and the international community to aggressively 
support efforts to release Nadiya Savchenko and 
other illegally detained persons; and 
(4) expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian peo-
ple. 
Æ 
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