A group of high-ranking representatives of both parties of the United States of America submitted a draft resolution to the Senate, which, based on several criteria, recognizes Russia's actions during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in particular, the forced deportation and massacres of civilians, as genocide of the Ukrainian people. This was reported by the press service of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations..

Contributed by Jim Rish, Ben Cardin, Richard Blumenthal, Roger Wicker, Jeanne Shaheen, Rob Portman and Lindsey Graham.

“There is no doubt that Russia’s actions in Ukraine are genocide… The international community is documenting numerous Russian atrocities that are war crimes throughout Ukraine. It's time for the United States and the world to recognize it as a genocide,"

In turn, Ben Cardin, head of the US Helsinki Commission, noted that the Russian war against Ukraine is not limited to killing people and destroying buildings - the Russian Federation is also trying to destroy the Ukrainian language, history and culture.

" The world must recognize this fact, and those responsible must be held accountable,” he stressed..

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Rob Portman, co-chair of the Ukraine Support Group in the US Senate, noted that the aggressor is purposefully shelling schools, maternity hospitals, hospitals, homes and other civilian infrastructure. He recalled that the invaders also commit sexual violence against Ukrainians and forcibly deport hundreds of thousands of children to the territory of the Russian Federation..

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Roger Wicker also added that Ukraine must succeed in countering the Russian invasion, and Richard Blumenthal called for the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

In addition to defining the points according to which the actions of the Russians can be recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people, the resolution condemns the Russian Federation for committing acts of genocide, calls on the United States and NATO and EU allies to support Ukraine in preventing other war crimes of the aggressor, and also approves the activities of tribunals and international criminal investigations with.

The U.S. previously listed Russia on a list of countries with “policies or practices” of human trafficking, forced labor, or those whose security forces or government-backed armed groups recruit or use children as soldiers..