EU ambassadors agree to implement new restrictive measures against Belarus

The ambassadors of the European Union member states agreed on introducing new restrictive measures against Belarus in view of the situation in this country and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

This was reported by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU on Twitter.

"Today, the EU ambassadors agreed on the introduction of restrictive measures given the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in Russian aggression against Ukraine," the message reads.

It is noted that these measures involve the inclusion of individuals and legal entities in the sanctions lists.

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Belarus did not send its own troops to Ukraine but provided its territory for the Russian forces that were shelling Ukraine. Lukashenko also actively supports Putin's policy.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, suggested in December that Russian troops might try to launch a "major offensive" against Ukraine in early 2023. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhnyi, stated that the Defense Forces of Ukraine were preparing for various scenarios of events in the coming months, making every effort to stabilize the situation in the east.

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