India, July 9 -- Europe's top human rights court on Wednesday delivered two rulings against Russia, saying it was behind the 2014 downing of Flight MH17 and violated international law during the conflict in Ukraine.

This is the first time that an international court has found Russia responsible for human rights abuses since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The ruling over Flight MH17 was also the first one by an international court.

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg are ruling on four cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged violations of human rights since the start of the war, the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, and the MH17 tragedy.

Families of the victims of the...