North Macedonia joins founders of special tribunal on Russian aggression - FM Kuleba
Celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia in 2022 (Photo - EPA)

North Macedonia became the 36th country that joined the project on the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Russian Aggression, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Twitter.

The European Parliament voted for establishing a tribunal to try Vladimir Putin and Alexandr Lukashenko on January 19.

On March 17, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and Russian Children's Ombudsperson Maria Lvova-Belova for the deportation of children from Ukraine. The warrant issued in The Hague is valid for life.

On March 19, the U.S. State Department supported the creation of a special tribunal on the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine.