{"id":156361,"date":"2025-09-19T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ukrainian-president-lithuanian-foreign-minister-call-for-tighter-sanctions-on-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156361\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian president, Lithuanian foreign minister call for tighter sanctions on Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1043\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ.jpeg 1043w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/budrys-zelenski-20250919-ofis-VZ-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Volodymyr Zelensky, K\u0119stutis Budrys\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(president.gov.ua)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> \u201cUkraine and Lithuania share the same understanding: sanctions must be enforced against both Russia and Belarus as long as the aggression continues,\u201d the press office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/prezident-ta-ochilnik-mzs-litvi-obgovorili-bezpeku-regionu-j-100237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> after he had met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys in Kyiv today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, the negotiators \u201cfocused on the need to strengthen sanctions policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, they discussed in detail regional security and potential joint threats from Russia and Belarus, especially in the context of the recent Russian drone incursion into Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky stated that Ukraine was ready to share its experience in combating Russian missiles and drones with its partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/komponenty_oruzhie_gur_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Kyiv: Iskander missiles contain more Russian, Belarusian parts<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 9, Pozirk. More Russian and Belarusian-made parts have been found in Iskander 9M727 cruise missiles that Russia is using to attack Ukraine, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#039;s commissioner for sanctions policy, said on Facebook. Currently, an Iskander missile &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154465\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 19, Pozirk. \u201cUkraine and Lithuania share the same understanding: sanctions must be enforced against both Russia and Belarus as long as the aggression continues,\u201d the press office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported after he had met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys in Kyiv today. 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