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handle is hein.crs/govefps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional a Research Service informing the legist ive debate since 1914____________________ Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Overview of U.S. Sanctions and Other Responses Updated April 22, 2022 On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an undeclared war against Ukraine. The United States and countries around the world have condemned Russia's unprecedented military aggression as unprovoked and unjustified. Members of legislatures, local governments, businesses, and publics in the United States and elsewhere have expressed support for Ukraine and have condemned Russia's invasion. Hundreds of U.S. and other companies have withdrawn, suspended, or curtailed operations in Russia. On March 2, 2022, the U.N. General Assembly voted 141-5 to demand Russia immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw from Ukraine (34 countries, including China and India, abstained). Since December 2021, the United States and others have warned Russia's leadership that severe sanctions would follow a new attack on Ukraine, which Russia first invaded and partially occupied in 2014. The United States pledged to provide increased security assistance to Ukraine if Russia were to launch a new attack. After Russia launched its war in February 2022, the United States, the EU, and others imposed a series of increasingly severe sanctions and substantially increased military, humanitarian, and economic assistance to Ukraine. The United States alone has committed more than $3.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of the war (see CRS In Focus IF12040, U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine). Congress has provided financial support for Ukraine since the start of the war and supported sanctions and related measures against Russia. The Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103, Division N) provides $13.6 billion in humanitarian, security, and economic assistance for Ukraine and neighboring countries. Congress also passed legislation prohibiting the import to the United States of Russian oil and other energy products (P.L. 117-109) and suspending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus (P.L. 117-110). In addition, the Senate passed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 (S. 3522), which would expedite the leasing or lending of U.S. defense articles to Ukraine, and the House passed the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act (H.R. 7276), which would direct the President to submit a report to Congress on efforts to collect evidence related to war crimes and other atrocities (also see H.Res. 956 and S.Res. 546). Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11869 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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