KIEV, Ukraine, April 10 (UPI) -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Sunday, after failing to initiate accelerated government reforms.
The coalition of Yatsenyuk's party and that of President Petro Poroshenko have ruled Ukraine through war, corruption and economic stagnation, while lenders, including the International Monetary Fund, have demanded faster implementation of improvements to bring a European-style transparency to the former Soviet republic. Although Yatsenyuk developed a more professional police force and closed some banks accused of corruption, he was hampered by a military insurgency, supported by neighboring Russia, and Ukraine's ongoing economic hardship.