KIEV, Ukraine, April 14 (UPI) -- Volodymyr Groysman was appointed Ukraine's new prime minister Thursday, promising to reform the Ukrainian economy and combat corruption.
The 250-50 vote in the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament, also approved the resignation of former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, whose administration suffered the departure of reform-minded ministers, accusations of graft and the delays of promised International Monetary Fund bailout loans because the government moved too slowly to address improvements.