Whereas the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are sovereign states and voting members of the United Nations; Whereas the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova have all signed Association Agreements with the European Union in 2014; Whereas the European Parliament passed resolution 2014/2717 recognizing Ukraine’s, Georgia’s, and Moldova’s European alignment and ability to become members of the European Union; Whereas the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Partnership for Peace Program in 1994; Whereas the modern state of Ukraine was founded in 1991 and recognized by the United States the same year; Whereas Ukraine held free and fair parliamentary elections in 2014 and is expected to hold new parliamentary elections by the end of 2019; Whereas, March 1, 2018, marks 4 years since the Government of the Russian Federation authorized the use of military forces in Ukraine leading to a forcible and illegal annexation of Crimea; Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation has actively engaged in and supported illegal parliamentary and military activity in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of eastern Ukraine since April 2014, including the deployment of its regular armed forces and equipment, that has resulted in the deaths of more than 10,000 people and the internal displacement of 2,000,000 people according to the United Nations; Whereas the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances signed by the Russian Federation in December 1994 provided security assurances against the threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political sovereignty of Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine’s voluntary, and peaceful willingness to relinquish its nuclear weapons; Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation, despite its commitments to the Minsk agreements, continues to destabilize Ukraine through a variety of military and political maneuvers