Draft Law on Sovereignty of Ukraine 2022 registered in the US Congress. Some Ukrainian media were quick to report optimistically that thanks to the law, Russian assets blocked by the United States would be transferred to Ukrainians affected by Russia's war against Ukraine.. However, the candidate of legal sciences Sergey Koziakov writes in the article that the content of the document testifies to the futility of such expectations.. And about the need for prompt response from Ukraine, while the draft has not yet become law.

“In addition to the inspirational short title (about Ukraine and its sovereignty), the bill has a long full title, and it is this that defines the essence of the proposed: “To amend section 28 of the United States Code to ensure that those.

Ukraine as a belligerent state and a victim of Russian aggression is no longer in the name, our sovereignty is also gone, he continues.

“Instead, “Europe” appears, and in the text it is detailed for each individual state – in general, almost fifty states and territories,” Koziakov notes..

Ukraine is also included in this large list, but only separated by commas, among other states. Including those who take a “neutral” or pro-Russian position or are several thousand kilometers away from the Russian line of fire, the author writes..

“Even the phrase “those who suffered damage as a result of the enemy invasion,” that is, in the plural and without the name of the state, is additional evidence that the law is not about Ukraine and not about Ukrainians,” the author emphasizes..

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For more information about the fact that the bill “The Law on the Sovereignty of Ukraine 2022” has been registered in the US Congress, read the article by Sergey Kozyakov “Will Ukraine Get the Russian Assets Frozen by America”?