A bipartisan group of U.S. House of Representatives members, with whom the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States is actively working, has submitted a resolution to the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as an act of genocide, reported Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, on Facebook on the evening of January 7.
This is the first legislative act related to Ukraine submitted for consideration by the new 119th U.S. Congress.
A draft of this resolution had already been presented (https://cutt.ly/N8uKoha) in the 118th Congress (on February 24, 2023).
The list of Russian war crimes is growing daily, and the only way to stop this genocide against the Ukrainian people is through decisive resistance to aggression via weapons for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia:
▪️ Currently, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has opened 170,090 cases related to crimes associated with Russia's aggression (151,698 related to war crimes).
▪️ In Ukraine, 13,729 civilian deaths and 26,706 injuries have been officially registered, including: 596 children killed, 1,728 children wounded.
▪️ 4,057 criminal proceedings have been registered related to war crimes against children. Over 19,000 forcibly displaced Ukrainian children have been identified.
▪️ The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has registered 331 cases of sexual violence related to the conflict: 213 involving women, 118 involving men.
▪️ Russian troops have destroyed and damaged 158,434 residential buildings, 3,739 educational and childcare institutions, 908 medical institutions, 643 cultural sites, 204 religious buildings, and 8,233 energy and communications infrastructure facilities.
▪️ Thousands of Ukrainians are in captivity in Russian prisons. 16,000 people have been officially recognized as missing. These numbers will continue to rise as each city and village is liberated from Russian forces, as they bring only evil and suffering to Ukraine.
"We thank the congressmen for introducing this important resolution! All of Russia's crimes must be reflected in American law to ensure the punishment of Russian criminals and to prevent such horrific crimes in the future," wrote Oksana Markarova.
