 An international tribunal is launched against Russia. Kremlin refuses to recognize International Criminal Court. The International Criminal Court is planning to open two war crimes cases tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and issue arrest warrants against several people according to the New York Times, citing current and former officials with knowledge of the decision who were not authorized to speak publicly. It is said the cases would represent the first international charges to be brought since the start of Russia's war and come after months of work by special International Criminal Court investigation teams. The first case the International Criminal Court is set to open is about Russia's alleged abduction of Ukrainian children. The second is on Russia's unrelentingly targeting civilian infrastructure, including water supplies and gas tanks. Moscow does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, the Kremlin says, after reports suggested the court was seeking arrest warrants for Russians connected to the war. Russia does not recognize the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, we don't recognize this court and we don't recognize the court's jurisdiction. This is how we feel about it. He said when asked how the Kremlin felt about reports of the court, potentially hearing two cases against Russia over the situation in Ukraine. According to the Russian presidential spokesman, Moscow keeps pointing out that over the years neither international judicial institutions, even those that we don't recognize, nor other members of the international community, have bothered to pay attention to the destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilian killings committed by Ukrainian nationalists in Donbas.