Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, following on its invasion of Ukraine’s Crimea region and other territories in eastern Ukraine in 2014; Whereas the people of Ukraine have fought bravely and heroically for their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence, including their choice of democracy for Ukraine; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused immense human suffering within Ukraine and around the world, and fueled conflicts within the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova and violated their territorial integrity, resulting in Russia’s occupation of parts of eastern and southern Ukraine, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the city of Sevastopol, and Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as a violation of its neighbors; Whereas the Lukashenka regime in Belarus is complicit in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has allowed the Russian military to use Belarusian territory to attack Ukraine; Whereas the direct targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure is a violation of international law, and Russia’s attacks have resulted in the death of countless Ukrainian civilians across the country; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the displacement of millions of Ukrainian civilians both internally and abroad, disproportionally affecting the lives of women and children in Ukraine; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impeded the export of vital global food supplies resulting in increased food insecurity for the world’s most vulnerable populations; Whereas the Russian Federation’s military tactics and calculations have led to outright failure in Ukraine