February 2022 further invasion of Ukraine from Belarusian territory, including by providing Russia with the use of airbases which allowed Russia to shoot artillery and missiles from Belarusian territory into Ukraine. (16) The United States Government and United States partners and allies have imposed sanctions on Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the Government of Belarus in response to anti-democratic activities and human rights abuses for more than 20 years, including in response to the Government of Belarus’ support for Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, which include property blocking and visa restrictions and export restrictions. (17) The Kremlin has provided the Government of Belarus with loans amounting to more than $1,500,000,000 dollars to prop up Lukashenka’s illegitimate regime and Russia continues to provide Belarus with access to an economic market to avoid the impacts of United States and allied countries’ sanctions on key Belarusian industries. (18) The Government of Belarus is relied upon by the Government of the Russian Federation to increase production of ammunition and other military equipment to facilitate the Kremlin’s crimes of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the illegal war in Ukraine. (19) Since before the 2022 further invasion of Ukraine, the Government of Belarus has hosted Russian troops on Belarusian territory and enabled the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty by Russia in February 2022 and since the further invasion of Ukraine, the Government of Belarus has also hosted Russian mercenary fighters and reportedly hosted Russian nuclear warheads. (20) The international community has seen credible evidence that children forcibly removed from Ukraine by Russia during the further invasion of Ukraine have transited through the territory of Belarus or been illegally removed to the territory of Belarus with support from Alyaksandr Lukashenka and been subjected to Russian re-education programs. (21) The Government of Belarus’ continued support of Russia, especially in the