In Greece, the appearance of Azov members in Zelensky's address was considered inappropriate

The inclusion of members of the Ukrainian Azov Battalion (recognized as extremist in RUSSIA and banned) in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech to the Greek Parliament was wrong and inappropriate, Greek government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomu said, Pentapostagma reports.

However, he considers it “outrageous and dishonest” that the opposition used this “mistake” to justify the Russian military operation.

In Zelensky's televised speech to the Greek parliament on April 7, the Ukrainian president showed a video message from two Azov fighters of Greek origin. They called on the Greeks to help Ukraine.

This caused a backlash from a number of Greek politicians, including the leading opposition party SYRIZA. The HEAD of the party, Alexis Tsipras, said that "the speech of members of the neo-Nazi Azov battalion in the Greek parliament is a challenge", the responsibility for which lies with the government. Tsipras called the situation a "historical disgrace". At the same time, he stressed, “solidarity with the Ukrainian people is a given.”