H. Res. 758 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 4, 2014. 
Whereas the Russian Federation has subjected Ukraine to a 
campaign of political, economic, and military aggression 
for the purpose of establishing its domination over the 
country and progressively erasing its independence; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s invasion of, and military 
operations on, Ukrainian territory represent gross viola-
tions of Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and terri-
torial integrity and a violation of international law, in-
cluding the Russian Federation’s obligations under the 
United Nations Charter; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has, since February 2014, 
violated each of the 10 principles of the 1975 Helsinki 
Accords in its relations with Ukraine; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s forcible occupation and il-
legal annexation of Crimea and its continuing support for 
separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine are 
violations of its obligations under the 1994 Budapest 
Memorandum on Security Assurances, in which it 
pledged to respect the independence and sovereignty and 
the existing borders of Ukraine, and to refrain from the 
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or 
political independence of Ukraine;
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Whereas the Russian Federation has provided military equip-
ment, training, and other assistance to separatist and 
paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine that has resulted 
in over 4,000 civilian deaths, hundreds of thousands of 
civilian refugees, and widespread destruction; 
Whereas the Ukrainian military remains at a significant dis-
advantage compared to the armed forces of the Russian 
Federation in terms of size and technological sophistica-
tion; 
Whereas the United States strongly supports efforts to assist 
Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty against 
military aggression by the Russian Federation and by 
separatist forces; 
Whereas the terms of the cease-fire specified in the Minsk 
Protocol that was signed on September 5, 2014, by rep-
resentatives of the Government of Ukraine, the Russian 
Federation, and the Russian-led separatists in the east-
ern area of Ukraine have been repeatedly violated by the 
Russian Federation and the separatist forces it supports; 
Whereas separatist forces in areas they controlled in eastern 
Ukraine prevented the holding of elections on May 25, 
2014, for a new President of Ukraine and on October 26, 
2014, for a new Rada, thereby preventing the people of 
eastern Ukraine from exercising their democratic right to 
select their candidates for office in free and fair elections; 
Whereas on November 2, 2014, separatist forces in eastern 
Ukraine held fraudulent and illegal elections in areas 
they controlled for the supposed purpose of choosing 
leaders of the illegitimate local political entities they have 
declared;
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Whereas the Russian Federation continues to provide the 
military, political, and economic support without which 
the separatist forces could not continue to maintain their 
areas of control; 
Whereas the reestablishment of peace and security in 
Ukraine requires the full withdrawal of Russian forces 
from Ukrainian territory, the resumption of the Govern-
ment of Ukraine’s control over all of the country’s inter-
national borders, the disarming of the separatist and 
paramilitary forces in the east, an end to Russia’s use of 
its energy exports and trade barriers to apply economic 
and political pressure, and an end to Russian interference 
in Ukraine’s internal affairs; 
Whereas Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a civilian airliner, was 
destroyed by a missile fired by Russian-backed separatist 
forces in eastern Ukraine, resulting in the loss of 298 in-
nocent lives; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to supply the vast 
majority of arms purchases, which include anti-aircraft 
missile systems and other lethal weapons, to the Bashar 
Assad regime in Syria, a state sponsor of terrorism that 
is actively backed by Hezbollah, a sophisticated terrorist 
group hostile to the United States and its close allies; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has protected the Assad re-
gime and backed its brutal assault against the Syrian 
people; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has used and is continuing 
to use coercive economic measures, including the manipu-
lation of energy prices and supplies, as well as trade re-
strictions, to place political and economic pressure on 
Ukraine;
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Whereas France agreed to sell to the Russian Federation two 
Mistral-class amphibious assault ships in 2011 for $1.7 
billion; 
Whereas Russian possession of these ships would be a desta-
bilizing addition to the Russian military, which would 
likely have boosted its ability to invade Crimea; 
Whereas given the Russian invasion of sovereign territory of 
the Republic of Ukraine in Crimea and elsewhere and its 
dangerous behavior throughout the region, France de-
cided to suspend delivery of the Mistral-class warships to 
the Russian Federation; 
Whereas purchase of the two Mistral-class warships by North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries would 
expand NATO’s capabilities, resolve France’s legitimate 
concern over the cost of the ships, and eliminate a poten-
tial threat to countries in Eastern Europe; 
Whereas the Russian Federation invaded the Republic of 
Georgia in August 2008, continues to station military 
forces in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and 
is implementing measures intended to progressively inte-
grate these regions into the Russian Federation, includ-
ing by signing a ‘‘treaty’’ between Georgia’s Abkhazia 
Region and the Russian Federation on November 24, 
2014; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject the Re-
public of Georgia to political and military intimidation, 
economic coercion, and other forms of aggression in an 
effort to establish its control of the country and to pre-
vent Georgia from establishing closer relations with the 
European Union and the United States;
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Whereas the Russian Federation continues to station military 
forces in the Transniestria region of Moldova in violation 
of the express will of the Government of Moldova and of 
its Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 
(OSCE) commitments; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to provide support 
to the illegal separatist regime in the Transniestria re-
gion of Moldova; 
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject 
Moldova to political and military intimidation, economic 
coercion, and other forms of aggression in an effort to es-
tablish its control of the country and to prevent efforts 
by Moldova to establish closer relations with the Euro-
pean Union and the United States; 
Whereas the Russian Federation acceded to the Intermediate- 
Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty obligation of the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in a declaration 
issued at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in October 1992; 
Whereas under the terms of the INF Treaty, a flight-test or 
deployment of any INF-banned weapon delivery vehicle 
by the Russian Federation constitutes a militarily signifi-
cant violation of the INF Treaty; 
Whereas on April 2, 2014, the Commander, U.S. European 
Command, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 
General Breedlove, stated that, ‘‘A weapon capability 
that violates the INF, that is introduced into the greater 
European land mass is absolutely a tool that will have to 
be dealt with * * *. I would not judge how the alliance 
will choose to react, but I would say they will have to 
consider what to do about it * * *. It can’t go unan-
swered.’’;