Turchynov asking UDAR, Svoboda to propose candidate for interim premier

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has called on the UDAR and Svoboda parliamentary factions to propose a candidate for a post of interim prime minister, who will head the government until the parliamentary elections.

"I am officially appealing to the factions who initiated the breakup of the coalition - UDAR and Svoboda - to immediately nominate a candidate for the post of a technical prime minister, who will head the government until the parliamentary elections," Turchynov said at a parliamentary session on Thursday after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced his resignation.

"I will convene a special session at any time to consider the candidacy," the speaker said.