H. Res. 956 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 2, 2022. 
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 
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-
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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; 
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;
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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 
‘‘to turn back from the path of violence and aggression’’, 
and reaffirmed an ‘‘iron-clad’’ commitment to Article 5; 
Whereas the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, 
the United Kingdom, and Canada joined with the United 
States, committed to coordinated economic sanctions, in-
cluding severe restrictions, against Russia’s Central Bank 
and full blocking sanctions against Vladimir Putin;
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Whereas United States leadership is integral to nations 
around the world in condemning and imposing costs on 
the Russian Federation for its illegal, full-scale, renewed 
invasion; 
Whereas Russian forces have targeted civilians and have com-
mitted war crimes and crimes against humanity; 
Whereas, in the days since the renewed full-scale invasion 
began, Russian citizens have taken to the streets in cities 
and towns across Russia to protest Putin’s illegitimate 
and destructive war waged against a peaceful and sov-
ereign Ukraine; and 
Whereas the United States, along with allies in Europe, the 
Indo-Pacific, and others around the world, has been ac-
tively responding to Russia’s unprovoked war of aggres-
sion against Ukraine with critical military, humanitarian, 
and financial support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian peo-
ple: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) demands an immediate cease-fire and the full 
withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory; 
(2) supports, unequivocally, Ukraine’s sovereignty 
and territorial integrity; 
(3) backs the continued use of sanctions, in coordi-
nation with United States allies and partners, to fully 
isolate the Putin regime economically for its unprovoked 
aggression against Ukraine; 
(4) urges the United States and its allies and part-
ners to deliver additional and immediate defensive secu-
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rity assistance to help Ukraine address the armored, air-
borne, and other threats Ukraine is currently facing 
from Russian forces; 
(5) commits to continuing to support resistance by 
the Ukrainian people as long as the Russian Federation 
continues to violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial 
integrity; 
(6) promises to continue to provide significant addi-
tional aid and humanitarian relief to Ukrainian refugees 
fleeing Russia’s aggression, commends European part-
ners for their efforts to relieve suffering on the ground, 
and urges the Russian Federation alongside United 
States allies and partners to guarantee safe passage out 
of the country; 
(7) reaffirms its strong support for the security of 
United States allies and ironclad commitment to Article 
5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); 
(8) emphasizes that NATO’s relationship with 
Ukraine is a matter only for Ukraine and the 30 NATO 
allies; 
(9) pledges to support working with Europe and 
international partners to bolster Europe’s energy secu-
rity and reduce its dependence on Russian energy im-
ports;
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(10) underscores the importance of maintaining 
United States energy independence for the benefit of the 
American people and United States allies; 
(11) reiterates that Crimea and the territories ille-
gally controlled by the illegitimate Russian-controlled 
governments in Donetsk and Luhansk are sovereign 
Ukrainian territory; 
(12) declares that the war in Ukraine, a democratic 
country, is the frontline of democracy and freedom 
versus authoritarianism represented by Putin’s Russia; 
(13) supports the right of the Russian people to 
protest, including the current protests against Putin’s 
unprovoked war against Ukraine, and demands the im-
mediate release of all those who have been unjustly de-
tained in Russia for expressing their desire for peace; 
(14) comprehends that strongmen, dictators, and 
authoritarians are watching the world’s response to 
Putin’s war against Ukraine and learning lessons for 
their own aggressive actions domestically and abroad, 
thereby making a strong and united response important 
to deter the expansion of territory by the use of military 
force beyond this crisis; 
(15) states unambiguously that it will never recog-
nize or support any illegitimate Russian-controlled leader 
or government installed through the use of force, and
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that only the people of Ukraine can choose their leader-
ship through free and fair democratic elections without 
foreign interference, intervention, or coercion; 
(16) commits to ensuring the illegitimate dictator of 
Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is held accountable for 
permitting the use of Belarusian territory for, and com-
mitting Belarusian forces to, Putin’s unprovoked re-
newed full-scale invasion against Ukraine; and 
(17) stands steadfastly, staunchly, proudly, and fer-
vently behind the Ukrainian people in their fight against 
the authoritarian Putin regime. 
Attest: 
Clerk.