The Kremlin on Thursday condemned the European Union’s calls to hold a war crimes tribunal over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, saying anybody would be illegitimate and unacceptable to Moscow.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the EU would try to set up a specialised court, backed by the United Nations, to investigate and prosecute possible war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. “As for attempts to establish some kind of tribunal: they will have no legitimacy, will not be accepted by us and we will condemn them,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a briefing call with reporters on Thursday.