HI SR179

Hawaii Senate Resolution requests the U.S. President and Congress to supply Ukraine with weapons needed to fully defend against Russian attacks and reclaim internationally recognized Ukrainian territory.

Urges President Trump to negotiate the complete withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine.

Cites United Nations data showing 53,006 civilian casualties including 14,534 deaths since Russia's February 2022 invasion, with Russian forces suffering nearly 1,200,000 casualties according to the Center for Strategic International Studies.

Notes one-third of Ukraine's population has been displaced, with approximately 1,600,000 Ukrainians forcibly transferred to Russian territories, and Russia currently occupies 12% of Ukrainian land.

References the 1994 Budapest Memorandum in which Ukraine relinquished nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, the United States, and United Kingdom—guarantees Russia violated with its 2014 Crimea seizure and 2022 invasion.