- Programme
- Situation in Ukraine
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), Art. 15 para. 1 and 4 (Financial sanctions) and art. 29 para. 1 (Travel ban), annexe 8
- Stated grounds
- Vadim Lukashevich is Deputy Commander-Head of Ideological Work Department of the Special Operations Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Belarus, and the former head of the information department of the main department of ideological work of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus. Belarus is participating in the Russian military aggression against Ukraine by allowing Russia to fire ballistic missiles from Belarus into Ukraine, enabling transportation of Russian military personnel and heavy weapons, tanks, and military transporters in Belarus (road and railway transportation) to Ukraine, allowing Russian military aircraft to fly over Belarusian airspace into Ukraine, providing refuelling points in Belarus for Russian military aircraft engaged in activities against Ukraine, and storing Russian weapons and military equipment in Belarus. Being a high-ranking member of the Belarusian armed forces, Vadim Lukashevich is participating in the actions of Belarus supporting the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026