Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The US Treasury Department said it designated eight individuals and five entities to a sanctions list for allegedly funding the Belarusian government.

Canada imposed sanctions against nine individuals and seven entities, with the list including government officials, judges, the head of Belarusian state television, the country's defense ministry, and military manufacturing and technology firms, the Canadian government said in a separate statement on Wednesday.

The individuals and entities targeted in the US sanctions include three state-owned enterprises and the director and a subsidiary of one of those enterprises, the Treasury Department said.

It added the sanctions also targeted four employees of a Belarus government agency, three individuals facilitating sanctions evasion in support of Lukashenko's government, and one aircraft identified as blocked property.

Among the companies targeted was the state-owned Belavia Belarusian Airlines and Byelorussian Steel Works Management Company, which produces steel products and was previously sanctioned by the European Union as well.

A Florida-based joint venture with Byelorussian Steel Works named BEL-KAP-STEEL LLC was also sanctioned by the Treasury Department, the Treasury Department said.