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EU to broaden Belarus sanctions to include hybrid activity, Lithuania says

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review

Posted on December 15, 2025

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BRUSSELS, ‌Dec 15 (Reuters) - The European ‍Union ‌is expected to agree on broadening ⁠its sanctions ‌on Belarus' regime to include hybrid activity against the bloc, ⁠Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said ​on Monday.

Lithuania last week declared ‌a state ⁠of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for ​police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted ​air ‍traffic in ​recent months.

"I'm really looking forward into expanding the sanctions regime on on Belarus if those hybrid activities continue against ⁠us," Budrys said before a meeting of ​foreign affairs ministers from EU countries in Brussels.

(Reporting by Andrew Gray and Lili ‌Bayer, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Bart Meijer)

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