Bill Details
Status
Latest action
2025-03-05 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1584)
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
International Affairs
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This resolution states the Senate’s view that Russia began the war against Ukraine by launching a full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. It also points to Russia’s earlier actions in 2014, including taking Crimea and occupying parts of the Donbas region, as part of the same conflict.
- It is a statement of opinion from the Senate, not a law creating new rules.
- It says the invasion was unprovoked.
- It connects the 2022 invasion to Russia’s earlier actions in 2014.
Official Summaries
This resolution expresses the sense that Russia initiated the war against Ukraine by invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 114 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 114
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Russian Federation started
the war against Ukraine by launching an unprovoked full-scale invasion
of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Bennet submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Russian Federation started
the war against Ukraine by launching an unprovoked full-scale invasion
of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Russian
Federation started the war against Ukraine by launching an unprovoked
full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following the
Russian Federation's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and illegal
occupation of parts of the Donbas region in 2014.
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