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Ukraine Slaps 10-Year Sanctions on Belarus’s Lukashenko Over Support for Russia’s War

Kyiv seeks to rally allies to replicate the penalties.

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.