This resolution formally expresses the sense of the Senate concerning the commencement of the war in Ukraine. It unequivocally states that the Russian Federation initiated the conflict by launching an unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The resolution further clarifies that this invasion occurred subsequent to the Russian Federation's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its illegal occupation of parts of the Donbas region, also in 2014. This declaration aims to establish the Senate's official position on the historical facts leading to the current conflict.