Ukraine\\\'s problems deepen as its PM quits

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Thursday, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. Earlier on Thursday, two parties quit the government coalition, forcing new elections to a parliament whose make-up has not changed since before the toppling of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich in February. His successor, President Petro Poroshenko, supported the move, which one politician said would clear ‘Moscow agents’ from the chamber. Prime Minister Yatseniuk's resignation could leave a hole at the heart of decision-making as Ukraine struggles to fund a war with pro-Russian rebels and deals with the aftermath of a Malaysian Airlines plane crash in its war-wracked east that killed 298 people. The usually mild-mannered Yatseniuk bellowed at politicians who had failed to pass a law to allow a liberalisation of control over Ukraine’s pipeline system, according to a news agency.