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Ukraine: Yatsenuk opts to hand in resignation
Government chaos shows no sign of stopping

UKRAINE’S government was thrown further into chaos yesterday when embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that he was quitting.

In his weekly televised address, Mr Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament tomorrow.

He called for the immediate formation of a new government to prevent “destabilisation of [the] executive branch during a war.”

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