Thank you for your partnership, for your moral leadership, and for keeping the cause of a principled United States stance in support of Ukraine alive day in and day out in our community in Pennsylvania. 7 With that, let me say that Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have engaged in a systemic attempt to destroy Ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and ultimately the country's identity itself. Russian authorities Crimes against children stand out as the most heinous aspect of a much larger strategy, a relentless campaign of state violence against the most vulnerable members of Ukrainian society. (00:30–00:50)
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Asserts that Russian forces are systematically attempting to destroy Ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and identity.
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