Sec. 1237. Modification and extension of report on military assistance to Ukraine
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Congress makes the following findings: Ukraine’s border is 6,995 kilometers long, including 1,974 kilometers of controlled border with the Russian Federation, 195 kilometers of an administrative line with Crimea, and 409 kilometers of border in the east that is currently uncontrolled. Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014, 64 Ukrainian border guards have been killed and another 391 have been wounded. Implementation of the Minsk Agreement, signed in February 2015, requires the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine to reestablish border checkpoints in currently uncontrolled territory and to monitor the border to verify full implementation of the Agreement.
Ukraine is developing engineering and technical systems to strengthen the controlled border between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Ukrainian maritime borders, and areas adjacent to the uncontrolled territory and occupied Crimea. Russian unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to support Russian-backed separatist artillery fire against Ukrainian forces. Due to a lack of resources and equipment, Ukraine lacks an effective early warning network to warn of any new aggression on the border.
Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 1068) calls for the United States to provide to Ukraine critical training and equipment to enhance the capabilities of the military and other security forces of Ukraine to defend against further aggression from the Russian Federation and Russian-backed separatists. It is the sense of Congress that— the United States should continue to support the Government of Ukraine’s efforts to provide and maintain security in Ukraine; the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine needs sufficient equipment and technical assistance to defend and monitor Ukraine’s borders and to fully implement the Minsk Agreement; and the Department of Defense should continue its work with the Ukrainian military, Ukrainian National Guard, and Ukrainian State Border Guard Service to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses and defend its borders against aggressive actions.
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(b)of section 1275 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3591) is amended by inserting and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives after congressional defense committees . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended by adding at the end the following: A description of the extent to which the Department of Defense has provided security assistance to the Government of Ukraine for the purposes of protecting and monitoring the borders of Ukraine. . Subsection
(e)of such section, as amended by section 1250(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 1070), is further amended by striking December 31, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2019 .
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Sec. 1237
Modification and extension of report on military assistance to Ukraine
Stat.129 Stat. 1068
Stat.128 Stat. 3591
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