A veto-proof bipartisan majority of 64 U.S. senators introduced on Jan. 24 a resolution that would provide more assistance to Ukraine as the country resists Russia’s military pressure in the Black Sea region and construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Following the resolution’s introduction, U.S. Sen. Ronald Johnson (Republican-Wisconsin) criticized as inadequate the West’s response to Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian vessels along with their crews on Nov. 25. “Moscow’s action is testing Western resolve and if we fail to respond with strength, more will follow,” Johnson said in a press release. “We must not let that happen.”