Ukraine’s New Cabinet Starts Work to Tackle War and Economy
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Ukraine’s new cabinet won approval to take office and must set to work fixing the economy and tackling a war that has triggered the worst standoff between Russia and its Soviet-era foes in more than two decades.
With fighting against pro-Russian separatists hammering the economy, President Petro Poroshenko granted citizenship to three foreigners to let them take ministerial posts. Lawmakers voted 288 against 1 with 30 abstentions to approve the cabinet yesterday, as Russia and NATO exchanged recriminations over the conflict that has killed more than 4,300 people.