President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to apply sanctions against the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
Ukraine imposed the sanctions, in particular, for the deployment in the second half of 2025 of a system of relay stations to control attack drones – this increased the Russian army’s capabilities to carry out strikes on the northern regions of our country. In total, more than 3,000 Belarusian enterprises supply Russia with machinery, equipment, and components categorized as critically important, including components for the production of missiles that Russia uses in strikes against Ukraine.
“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. Alexander Lukashenko has not only allowed Oreshnik to be deployed on Belarusian territory. Last year, the country’s enterprises supplied Russia with critical components, parts, and manufacturing base for this weapon. This continues in 2026. Alexander Lukashenko has long been trading Belarus’s sovereignty for the continuation of his personal power,” the Head of State noted.
In addition, Alexander Lukashenko facilitated the involvement of Belarusian officials in forcibly deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
Sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko have already been imposed by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, and New Zealand due to systematic violations of universally recognized human rights, the organization of state repression against political opponents, and assistance to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
“For a long time we have observed the systematic participation of Belarusian companies in circumventing EU sanctions – this includes the supply of components, logistics routes, and financial services. The sanctions regime against Belarus must be aligned with the sanctions regime against the Russian Federation,” Advisor – Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Sanctions Policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk added.