KIEV, February 27. /ITAR-TASS/. The Verkhovna Rada has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as new prime minister. With a simple majority consisting of 226 votes, 371 MPs supported Yatsenyuk’s candidacy.

Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov signed a decree appointing Arseniy Yatsenyuk the head of the government.

The Verkhovna Rada has dismissed members of the Ukrainian Cabinet headed by Interim Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov.