Downing of flight MH17, war in Ukraine: Russia condemned by EU’s top human rights court

In two rulings against Russia on Wednesday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Moscow was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014 and that Russia had violated international law during the conflict in Ukraine. It is the first time that an international court has found Moscow responsible for the 2014 crash and human rights abuses in Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in 2022.