Ukraine’s Prime Minister resigns along with other political leaders

Ukraine’s Prime Minister resigns along with other political leaders
Ukraine’s Prime Minister resigns along with other political leaders

Ukraine’s Prime Minister resigns along with other political leaders

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On Thursday Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation. His announcement came after two major parties said they were also withdrawing from the governing coalition. The shake up in the government comes at a critical moment for Ukraine. We’ll discuss the latest developments with Eugene Bondarenko, a freelance journalist and translator and member of the Group for Tomorrow’s Ukraine, an organization of Ukrainian American students reporting on Ukraine. (photo: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, shakes hands with Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Presidential Press Service, Mykola Lazarenko, Pool))