Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale, unprovoked, and illegal invasion of Ukraine, which followed Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014; Whereas the United States assessed that Russia’s goal for such invasion was to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically-elected government and install a puppet regime; Whereas the international community recognizes the full territorial integrity of Ukraine; Whereas, since February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the people of Ukraine have marshalled a determined resistance that has prevented Russia from taking control of their country; Whereas more than 8,000,000 Ukrainian refugees have been forced to flee their homes as a result of Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine; Whereas, in April 2022, evidence revealed that Russian forces had committed mass murder of more than 400 Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war in Bucha, Ukraine; Whereas, in May 2022, Russian forces completed a siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, during which an estimated 25,000 Ukrainians were killed amid horrific humanitarian conditions, including the destruction of health and sanitary infrastructure; Whereas evidence from cities attacked by Russian forces, including Bucha and Mariupol, confirm that Russian forces have employed rape as a weapon of war; Whereas in addition to war crimes, Russia has committed genocide in Ukraine; Whereas Russia had established filtration camps before the February 24, 2022, further invasion, through which more than 1,000,000 Ukrainians, including 200,000 children, have been registered, interrogated, and forcibly relocated to Russia as part of a widespread Russification campaign; Whereas Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin have engaged in anti-Semitic propaganda, including calling for the de-Nazification of Ukraine; Whereas almost all independent media outlets have been banned, blocked, or listed as foreign agents in Russia since the February 24, 2022, further invasion