Whereas the countries of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are sovereign, voting member nations of the United Nations; Whereas the countries of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova 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 countries of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Partnership for Peace Program in 1994; Whereas the modern country 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 will hold new parliamentary elections on July 21, 2019; Whereas March 1, 2019, marked 5 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 Russia has actively engaged in and supported illegal activity since April 2014, including through the deployment of Russian 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 Russia 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 Russia, despite its commitments to the Minsk agreements, continues to destabilize Ukraine through a variety of military and political maneuvers; Whereas continued Russian aggression against Ukraine in contravention of the Budapest Memorandum threatens current and future efforts to combat the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction