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Slovak MEP calls for bringing Zelensky before tribunal over Starobelsk attack

Slovakia refuses to participate in tribunals against Russia, Lubos Blaha said

BRATISLAVA, May 27. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky must be brought before a tribunal over the Ukrainian army’s terrorist attack on a college in Starobelsk, Lubos Blaha, Slovak member of the European Parliament, said.

"Slovakia refuses to participate in tribunals against Russia. I applaud that. But when are you going to bring Zelensky before a tribunal for Starobelsk?" he wrote on Telegram, calling the West out for hypocrisy, as they constantly advocate for tribunals against Russia.

Blaha wrote on Telegram earlier that "Zelensky committed a war crime in Starobelsk, but the West doesn’t care.".

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