{"id":143270,"date":"2025-06-19T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143270\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"new-zealand-sanctions-two-belarusian-companies","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143270\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand sanctions two Belarusian companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/novaja_zelandija_flag_mario-ame_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Mario Am\u00e9 \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 19,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New Zealand has sanctioned the Lehma\u0161 plant based in the Viciebsk region\u2019s Or\u0161a and KB Unmanned Helicopters in Minsk, its foreign ministry reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sanctions also apply to U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Pa\u016dlenka, CEO at Lehma\u0161, and U\u0142adzimir \u010cudako\u016d, founder, owner and chief designer of Unmanned Helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s updated sanctions list also includes representatives of North Korea, Iran and Russia, including 27 Russian shadow fleet ships involved in the circumvention of international sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, Belarusian top defense officials and Security Council chief Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d are on New Zealand\u2019s sanctions list for supporting the aggression against Kyiv.<\/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\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sejm_litvy_tv3_1128x752.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuanian MPs give first-reading approval to possibility of national sanctions against Belarus, Russia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 17, Pozirk. Lithuanian MPs voted 123 to two with one abstention on June 16 to approve the first reading of amendments that provide for a possibility of national economic sanctions against Belarus and Russia, Delfi reported. The amendments are &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/142982\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19, Pozirk. New Zealand has sanctioned the Lehma\u0161 plant based in the Viciebsk region\u2019s Or\u0161a and KB Unmanned Helicopters in Minsk, its foreign ministry reports. The sanctions also apply to U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Pa\u016dlenka, CEO at Lehma\u0161, and U\u0142adzimir \u010cudako\u016d, founder, owner and chief designer of Unmanned Helicopters. New Zealand\u2019s updated sanctions list also includes representatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":106278,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-143270","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Zealand sanctions two Belarusian companies | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 19, Pozirk. 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