Ukraine sanctions Belarusian leader Lukashenko

Iryna Hrychyshkina, Iryna Balachuk - 18 February, 10:02

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: president.gov.by

Ukraine has introduced a package of personal sanctions against self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.

Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "Alexander Lukashenko has long been trading Belarus's sovereignty for the continuation of his personal power, helping Russians circumvent global sanctions for this aggression, actively justifying Russia's war, and now further increasing his own participation in scaling and prolonging the war. There will be special consequences for this."

Details: Zelenskyy said that in 2025, the Russian military in Belarus installed a network of repeaters to guide attack drones, enhancing its ability to strike northern Ukraine. He added that without this support, Russian attacks on energy facilities and railways in these regions would have been less frequent.

The Ukrainian leader said that "more than 3,000 Belarusian enterprises have been put at the service of Russia's war", providing crucial technology, equipment and components, especially for missile production.

"Infrastructure is also being developed to deploy intermediate-range missiles – Oreshnik – on the territory of Belarus, which is an obvious threat not only to Ukrainians but to all Europeans," Zelenskyy stressed.

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