Belarus opposition leader calls for more sanctions against Lukashenko over Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya attends an event in support of Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in London, Britain, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Friday for harsher sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who she says must share full responsibility for Russia's war in Ukraine.

Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb.24 from both Russian and Belarusian territory, in what it calleda "special military operation" designed to demilitarise and"denazify" its neighbour.