Ukraine parliament to appoint new prime
By
our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online
Kyiv (dpa) – The Ukrainian parliament was due to appoint Arseniy
Yatsenyuk, a key figure in the protests that led to the ousting of
president Viktor Yanukovych, as interim prime minister on Thursday.
Yatsenyuk, 39, and other proposed cabinet members were nominated by
anti-government protest leaders on Wednesday who presented them from
the stage on Kyiv‘s Independence Square, the base for the
demonstrations that led to the departure of Yanukovych on the
weekend.
The political developments in Kyiv come after Russia announced a
combat-readiness drill along the border with Ukraine.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the drills were “by and
large” not linked to events in Kyiv.
The manoeuvres were criticized by the US, however, with Secretary of
State John Kerry saying any kind of military intervention in Ukraine
would be a “grave mistake,” the Washington Post reported.
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