Ukrainian parliament appoints new PM

The Verkhovna Rada appointed on Thursday Yulia Svyrydenko as the new Prime Minister of Ukraine following the resignation of Denys Shmyhal, according to Ukrinform.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko as new Prime Minister in a cabinet shake-up.

According to UNN, 262 people's deputies voted for Svyrydenko's appointment.