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European Court Holds Russia Liable for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine and MH17 Attack

In symbolic rulings, Moscow was again blamed for the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014 and for an array of war-related human rights violations, including the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.

© Mauricio Lima for The New York Times

A section of Flight MH17 after it was shot down in 2014 over eastern Ukraine.
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Top Russian General Killed in ‘Combat Operations’ Near Ukraine

Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, promoted to deputy head of the Russian Navy just a few months earlier, died in an apparent Ukrainian strike.

© Tatiana Meel/Reuters

Flowers are placed in front of a poster with a photograph of Major General Mikhail Gudkov, in Vladivostok, Russia on Thursday.
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