Pavel Latushka Agreed on Intensifying Cooperation with Ukraine in Sanctions Pressure against the Lukashenko Regime

Pavel Latushka, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Artsiom Brukhan. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2026. Photo: NAM Media

The importance of continuing sanctions pressure on the Lukashenko regime was discussed by Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Head of the NAM Pavel Latushka during a meeting with the Advisor-Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on Sanctions Policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk. Also participating in the meeting was Speaker of the Coordination Council, Deputy Head of the NAM Artsiom Brukhan.

"Our shared priority today is to firmly resist, together with Ukraine, any tendencies and attempts to weaken European sanctions against the Lukashenko regime," — Pavel Latushka stated following the meeting.

The politician transmitted specific proposals for the introduction of sanctions against 17 enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Lukashenko regime, institutions of the so-called Union State, Lukashenko's inner circle, propagandists, and officials involved in repression in Belarus.

Also highlighted was the importance of maximally strengthening controls over the transit of goods through Belarus to third countries, and of further expanding blocking sanctions against Belarusian banks that remain connected to the Russian SPFS (System for Transfer of Financial Messages).

Artsiom Brukhan presented to the Ukrainian side information and materials on the role of the so-called Union State in the aggression against Ukraine and in the elimination of Belarus's independence.

The parties agreed to intensify cooperation on sanctions with respect to the military-industrial complex, the financial sector, and propaganda operating in the interests of the "Russian World." The importance of interaction at the level of the European Union on further harmonisation of sanctions pressure in trade on Russia and the Lukashenko regime was also underscored.

"Sanctions for the war and sanctions for repression against the Belarusian people must complement one another. Easing pressure on Lukashenko is impermissible in either direction. Only joint and synchronised actions by Ukraine and the democratic forces of Belarus will help deprive the regime of resources," — Pavel Latushka emphasised following the meeting.

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