,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1 
#bjae,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and ,mr4 
,wicker7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,calling for the release  
of ,ukrainian fighter pilot ,nadiya     
,savchenko1 who was captured by ,russian
 forces in ,eastern ,ukraine and has    
been held illegally in a ,russian prison
 since ,july #bjad4  ,whereas ,nadiya   
,savchenko is the first-ever female     
fighter pilot in ,ukraine's ,armed      
,forces and is an ,iraqi war veteran2   
,whereas1 in the ongoing conflict in    
,eastern ,ukraine1 ,nadiya ,savchenko   
volunteered her services to the         
,ukrainian ,aidar battalion2 ,whereas   
,nadiya ,savchenko was elected in       
absentia from the ,batkivshchyna ,party 
to ,ukraine's ,parliament in ,october   
#bjad1 and appointed to the ,parliament 
,assembly of the ,council of ,europe    

7,,pace7 as a representative from       
,ukraine2 ,whereas1 as a member of the  
,armed ,forces of ,ukraine1 ,lieutenant 
,nadiya ,savchenko was conducting       
operations in eastern ,ukraine against  
pro-,russian forces in the summer of    
#bjad when she was captured and taken   
into captivity2 ,whereas1 during her    
mission in ,eastern ,ukraine1 she was   
captured by the ,donbas ,people's       
,militia1 detained on ,ukrainian        
territory1 deprived of rights to due    
process1 and illegally transferred to   
the ,russian ,federation to stand trial 
on unsubstantiated charges of terrorism2
 ,whereas1 since ,july #bjad1 ,nadiya   
,savchenko has endured involuntary      
psychiatric evaluations and solitary    
confinement2 ,whereas ,nadiya ,savchenko
 is currently entering her sixth week of
 a hunger strike as a symbol of her     
protest2 ,whereas ,nadiya ,savchenko is 
denied access to urgently needed medical
 attention and access to legal counsel2 
,whereas the ,minsk ,protocol of        

,september #bjad1 signed by ,ukraine and
 the ,russian ,federation1 calls for the
 8immediate release of all hostages and 
illegally held persons02 ,whereas       
appeals have been made to the ,united   
,nations ,human ,rights ,council and the
 ,international ,red ,cross to secure   
,nadiya ,savchenko's release2 ,whereas  
the international community1 including  
representatives of the ,parliamentary   
,assembly of the ,council of ,europe    
7,,pace7 and of the ,united ,states1    
have urged her immediate release2       
,whereas1 on ,january #bf1 #bjae1 the   
opening day of the ,parliamentary       
,assembly1 the global community embarks 
on a public campaign to bring attention 
to the plight of ,nadiya ,savchenko and 
demand her immediate release2 and       
,whereas the ,government and people of  
the ,united ,states express concern     
about the deteriorating health of       
detained pilot ,nadiya ,savchenko and   
her continued illegal imprisonment3     
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the        

,senate-- 7#a7 condemns the ,government 
of the ,russian ,federation for its     
illegal imprisonment of ,nadiya         
,savchenko2  7#b7 calls on the          
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
to immediately release ,nadiya          
,savchenko2  7#c7 calls on the ,united  
,states1 its ,european allies1 and the  
international community to aggressively 
support efforts to release ,nadiya      
,savchenko and other illegally detained 
persons2 and  7#d7 expresses solidarity 
with the ,ukrainian people4