Ukrainian FM: Poland, Iceland back tribunal for Russia’s aggression

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that Poland and Iceland have expressed readiness to join an agreement on establishing a special tribunal for Russia over the “crime of aggression against Ukraine.”

Sharing a post on X, Sybiha said that support from the two countries has helped reach the required number of participants to advance the initiative, Caliber.Az reports.

“With 17 confirmations we have officially crossed the bare legal minimum of CoE member states required to put the agreement to vote,” he noted.

Iceland and Poland have confirmed their willingness to join the agreement required to launch the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine.

We are grateful to our Icelandic and Polish partners for taking this important step. It marks a turning point: with 17…

— Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) April 14, 2026

The minister stressed that the key formalities required to launch the special tribunal have already been completed, adding that this was achieved in less than a year since the initial agreement to establish it was reached on May 9, 2025.

He also said that an expanded partial agreement on setting up the tribunal’s governing committee could be submitted for consideration at a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, scheduled to take place on May 14–15 in Chișinău.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov