Whereas Ukraine regained its independence in 1991 after three centuries of Moscow’s imperial rule; Whereas the United States encouraged Ukraine to abandon its arsenal of nuclear weapons, the third largest in the world at the time, in exchange for security assurances in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994; Whereas the 2004 Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 demonstrated the commitment of Ukrainians to shared ideals of democracy and freedom and their desire for Euroatlantic integration; Whereas the 2008 Bucharest North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit Declaration states that NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agree today that these countries will become members of NATO. ; Whereas the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 demonstrated the Russian regime’s imperial fixation on controlling Ukraine, as well as the determination of the Ukrainian people to preserve their sovereignty and independence; Whereas the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, grossly violating international norms, costing hundreds of thousands of people their lives, and displacing millions; Whereas, in 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and in November 2022, called on member states to create a mechanism for reparations to be paid to Ukraine; Whereas, on February 18, 2023, the United States issued a finding that officials of the Russian Federation have committed crimes against humanity; Whereas the threat to United States interests, European security, and global peace would greatly increase should Ukraine be unable to prevail against the invasion, by emboldening the Russian Federation and other autocratic states to engage in aggression against other states