IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 956 
Supporting the people of Ukraine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2022 
Mr. MEEKS (for himself and Mrs. SPARTZ) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the people of Ukraine. 
Whereas, on January 21, 1990, more than 300,000 Ukrain-
ians called for unity and independence from the Soviet 
Union by forming a human chain between the cities of 
Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk; 
Whereas, on December 1, 1991, more than 90 percent of 
Ukrainian citizens voted in a national referendum in sup-
port of independence, with majorities in every region; 
Whereas, on November 21, 2013, the Euromaidan protests 
began in favor of signing the European Union-Ukraine 
Association Agreement, resulting in the Revolution of 
Dignity and the removal of President Viktor Yanukovych 
by the Verkhovna Rada; 
Whereas, in February and March of 2014, the Russian Fed-
eration invaded the peninsula of Crimea, illegally annexed 
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the region, held a sham referendum, and claimed the ter-
ritory to be a part of Russia; 
Whereas, beginning in April 2014, the Russian Federation 
invaded the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Eastern 
Ukraine instigating violence, stoking conflict, arming sep-
aratists, and spreading disinformation on Ukrainian soil; 
Whereas, on July 17, 2014, Russian soldiers or Russian sep-
aratist fighters shot down the passenger flight MH17 fly-
ing over the Donbas with a Buk surface-to-air missile 
provided by the Russian Federation, killing all 298 inno-
cent passengers on board; 
Whereas, since February 2015, Russia has continued to fail 
to live up to its agreements under the Minsk agreements 
and the Russian-backed war in the Donbas has claimed 
approximately 14,000 lives; 
Whereas the Russian military conducted a large-scale buildup 
in and around Ukraine in March and April 2021 under 
the guise of military exercises, leaving significant military 
equipment behind; 
Whereas the Russian military initiated its most recent much 
larger military buildup in October 2021 that culminated 
in approximately 190,000 forces by the time of Russia’s 
renewed full-scale incursion on February 24, 2022; 
Whereas, on February 21, 2022, the State Duma of Russia 
passed a bill, approved by President Vladimir Putin, to 
officially recognize the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s 
Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic as independent; 
Whereas, on February 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered 
Russian troops into the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s 
Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic after recognizing 
their independence; 
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Whereas the decision to recognize the self-proclaimed 
Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Repub-
lic as independent and order Russian troops into that ter-
ritory was not only in violation of international law, 
Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the 
Minsk agreements, but also tantamount to a declaration 
of war; 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russian forces, enabled by 
Belarus, launched its unprovoked full-scale renewed inva-
sion of a peaceful, independent country, Ukraine; 
Whereas, since 2014, the United States has provided 
$3,100,000,000 in security assistance to Ukraine, includ-
ing over $1,000,000,000 over the course of the last year, 
$200,000,000 of which was approved on December 27, 
2021, and $350,000,000 of which was approved on Feb-
ruary 26, 2022; 
Whereas it is the right of all countries to decide their own 
future, foreign policy, and security arrangements free 
from outside interference or coercion; 
Whereas the Russian Federation repeatedly lied about their 
massive buildup of military forces around Ukraine and 
claimed that reports Russia would invade Ukraine were 
hysteria; 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the G7 issued a statement 
condemning the ‘‘large-scale military aggression by the 
Russian Federation against the territorial integrity, sov-
ereignty and independence of Ukraine’’; 
Whereas, on February 25, 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization condemned ‘‘in the strongest possible terms 
Russia’s horrifying attack on Ukraine’’, called on Russia 
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