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Matthias Williams and Pavel Polityuk

Dutch PM, in Kyiv, urges justice for MH17 victims, dialogue in Ukraine crisis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte attend a joint news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged dialogue to defuse a crisis with Russia on Wednesday during a trip to Kyiv in which he also reaffirmed his resolve to secure justice for families of the victims of an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Rutte is the latest leader - following in the tracks of the British and Polish premiers - to visit Kyiv in a show of solidarity after Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders in a standoff that has alarmed the West.

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