Ukraine parliament approves new prime minister
Posted Feb 27, 2014 6:00 am.
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Ukraine’s parliament has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the new prime minister.
The protest leader says the country’s future lies in the European Union but with friendly relations with Russia.
Yatsenyuk said Ukraine doesn’t want a fight with Russia, but insisted the country wouldn’t accept the secession of the southern Crimea region, where unknown gunmen on Thursday occupied local government buildings and raised the Russian flag.
He said Crimea “has been and will be a part of Ukraine.”
The 39-year-old Yatsenyuk was nominated by Ukraine’s interim leaders to become prime minister.
Yatsenyuk said tough reforms are needed to prevent Ukraine, divided in loyalties between Russia and the West, from collapsing economically and politically.
