22 senior Belarusian military officers have been sanctioned by the European Union over Minsk’s role in aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
According to official sanction document, the six generals and 16 colonels were added to the EU blacklist because “Belarus is participating in a Russian unprovoked invasion against Ukraine by allowing military aggression from its territory,”.
The sanctions include assets freeze and travel bans into the bloc.
Russia’s military has used Belarus as a launch pad for its ground and air assault on Ukraine.
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday his forces were not taking part in the attack on Ukraine but ordered more soldiers to his country’s borders with Ukraine and Poland.
Last week, the European Union blacklisted 20 Belarusian borders guards, officers and officials along with a raft of high-ranking Russians over the assault on Ukraine.
The European Union is also poised to strengthen sweeping economic sanctions against Belarus, first imposed last June in a response to a crackdown on opponents and the forced landing of a passenger plane to arrest a dissident journalist.
AFP