THE HAGUE: An international military mission to secure the MH17 crash site in rebel-held Ukraine is currently “unrealistic,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Sunday (Monday in Manila).

“Getting the military upper hand for an international mission in this area is, according to our conclusion, not realistic,” Rutte told journalists in The Hague, pointing to the presence of heavily-armed separatists and the proximity of the Russian border.

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