Ukraine slaps sanctions on Belarus’ Lukashenko for aiding Russia’s war

Ukraine imposed sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to “increase countermeasures” against Minsk for its wartime assistance to Russia.

Belarus, one of Russia’s closest allies, served as a staging ground for Moscow to launch its 2022 invasion, allowing Russian forces to ​get close to the Ukrainian capital before they were pushed back.

“We will significantly ‌intensify countermeasures ‌against all forms of (Lukashenko’s) assistance in the killing of Ukrainians,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ​said on social media.