Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government.
Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of the parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. “I am announcing my resignation in connect with the collapse of the coalition,” Yatsenyuk said.
He said the parliament could no longer do its work and pass necessary laws.
The nationalist Svoboda party and the UDAR movement led by former boxer Vladimir Klitscho pulled out of the group of legislators that took over after former President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted by protesters seeking closer ties with the European Union.
(AP)
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So Ukraine will get swallowed up by Russia after all!
Take out the old maps! We’re going down Memory Lane.
#1: Ukraine was hardly ever and independent country. Historically it has been part of Russia.
#2 if you are an American you should think before writing what you just did! I don’t think Washington is planning on giving back any territory that “historically belonged to” the Native Americans or Puerto Rico to Spain. European countries ruled colonies for hundreds of years but gave them up and honour them as independent states. Are you implying that Queen Elizabeth is rightfully the monarch of (at least a part of) the USA?