Overview
- By presidential decree, the measures freeze assets and capital for 10 years, halt trade and transit, suspend permits and financial obligations, and restrict participation in privatisation and public procurement.
- The package also revokes Ukrainian state honors, limits property and corporate transactions, imposes visa and property restrictions, and bars Lukashenko from entering Ukraine.
- Zelensky said Russia set up drone-control relay stations in Belarus in the second half of 2025, enabling strikes on northern regions that hit energy and rail infrastructure.
- Ukraine accuses more than 3,000 Belarusian enterprises of supplying Russia with critical equipment and missile components and alleges preparations in Belarus for deployment of Russia’s Oreshnik missile system.
- Officials acknowledge the move overlaps existing U.S. and EU sanctions and emphasize it as a political signal as Ukraine urges partners to adopt similar pressure on Lukashenko and his regime.