Ukraine Protesters Back Premier Candidate as Aid Weighed

Arseniy Yatsenyuk won the support of Ukrainian protesters in Kiev to lead an interim cabinet and avert a default after the nation’s bloodiest unrest since World War II as the U.S. said it was working on a $1 billion rescue.

Lawmakers are set to approve Yatsenyuk as prime minister today ahead of a parliamentary ballot in four months, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told thousands gathered yesterday on Independence Square, the site of a three-month uprising that culminated in last week’s ouster of Viktor Yanukovych.