On Wednesday, the EU announced sanctions against 22 representatives of the law enforcement agencies of Belarus, Official Journal of the European Union said.

In particular, under the sanctions were the Assistant Minister of Defense for ideological work in the troops, Major General Leonid Kasinsky, Assistant Minister of Defense for financial and economic work, Major General Igor Mozhilovsky, Assistant Minister of Defense for international cooperation, Major General Oleg Voinov, Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces Colonel Dmitry Mikholap.

In addition, the sanctions affected Commander of the North-Western Operational Command of Belarus Alexander Naumenko; Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander of the North-Western Operational Command Vadim Shadura; Head of the Armaments Department of the North-Western Operational Command Dmitry Surovich, as well as First Deputy Chief of the Chief Financial and Economic Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Dmitry Zabrotsky.