,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #b1    
#bjag ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,graham7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate recognizing #c years of     
,russian military aggression in         
,ukraine4  ,whereas1 according to       
conservative estimates from the ,united 
,nations1 approximately #aj1jjj people  
have been killed1 over #bj1jjj wounded1 
and nearly #b1jjj1jjj internally        
displaced since the current conflict in 
,ukraine began in #bjad2 ,whereas ,march
 #a1 #bjad1 marks #c years since the    
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
authorized military forces to illegally 
annex the ,crimean region of ,ukraine2  
,whereas the ,budapest ,memorandum on   
,security ,assurances signed by the     
,russian ,federation in ,december #aiid 
provided security assurances against the

 threats or use of force against the    
territorial integrity or political      
independence of ,ukraine2 ,whereas the  
,united ,states and other countries     
stated in a letter to the ,united       
,nations that the ,russian annexation of
 ,crimea in #bjad was a violation of    
,ukrainian sovereignty and territorial  
integrity and thus was a breach of the  
,budapest ,memorandum2 ,whereas1 in     
,september #bjad1 the ,russian          
,federation signed the ,minsk ,i        
,protocol1 which called for an immediate
 cease-fire and effective monitoring by 
the ,organization for ,security and     
,co-operation in ,europe 7,,osce72      
,whereas1 in ,february #bjae1 the       
,russian ,federation signed the ,minsk  
,,ii ,protocol1 which again called for  
an immediate cease-fire1 the withdrawal 
of heavy weapons1 and effective         
monitoring by the ,,osce2 ,whereas      
,russian1 ,ukrainian1 and ,european     
representatives reaffirmed their        
commitment to the ,minsk agreements at  

the #bjag ,munich ,security ,conference2
 ,whereas ,secretary of ,state ,rex     
,tillerson recently stated that the     
,united ,states expects ,russia to honor
 its commitments to the ,minsk          
agreements and work to de-escalate      
violence in ,ukraine2 ,whereas the      
,government of the ,russian ,federation1
 despite its commitments to these peace 
accords1 continues to destabilize       
,ukraine through a variety of military  
and political maneuvers2 ,whereas ,,osce
 observers still do not have full1      
unimpeded access to the                 
,ukrainian-,russian border2 ,whereas the
 ,government of the ,russian ,federation
 continues to supply weapons1 equipment1
 and personnel to separatists intent on 
undermining the sovereignty of ,ukraine 
and who recently relaunched a campaign  
of aggression in ,january #bjag2        
,whereas the ,government of the ,russian
 ,federation has yet to withdraw its    
heavy weapons from ,ukraine and         
continues its sabotage and subversion   

efforts2 ,whereas ,russian ,president   
,vladimir ,putin signed an order        
recognizing passports issued by         
separatist rebels in ,eastern ,ukraine2 
,whereas the ,ukraine ,freedom ,support 
,act of #bjad 7,public ,law #aac-bgb7   
authorized increased military and       
economic assistance for ,ukraine2       
,whereas the ,government of the ,russian
 ,federation continues to engage in a   
campaign of disinformation about the    
conflict in both ,ukraine and the ,west2
 ,whereas the defense minister of the   
,russian ,federation recently announced 
the formation of information warfare    
troops2 ,whereas the ,government of the 
,russian ,federation has mobilized up to
 #ajj1jjj troops to ,belarus' border    
with ,lithuania and ,poland1 reminiscent
 of actions taken at the ,ukrainian     
border in #bjad2 and ,whereas it is     
longstanding policy of the ,united      
,states ,government not to recognize    
territorial changes effected by force   
alone3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the

 ,senate-- 7#a7 condemns continued      
,russian military intervention in the   
sovereign state of ,ukraine2  7#b7 calls
 on the ,government of the ,russian     
,federation to immediately cease all    
activity that seeks to normalize or     
recognize the ,russian-backed rebel     
separatists in ,eastern ,ukraine2  7#c7 
affirms that sanctions imposed on the   
,russian ,federation for destabilizing  
the international order in ,eastern     
,europe should not be lifted until the  
,russian ,federation complies with all  
terms of the ,minsk agreements and      
ceases its illegal attempts to annex    
,ukraine's ,crimea2 and  7#d7 calls on  
the ,united ,states ,government1 ,united
 ,states allies in ,europe1 the ,united 
,nations1 and international partners to 
continue to pressure the ,government of 
the ,russian ,federation to uphold its  
international obligations4