Parliament approved Yulia Svyrydenko as Ukraine's new prime minister on Thursday and backed her plan to cut the number of ministries, merging some of the main portfolios, to save funds in wartime.

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has supported the appointment of 13 new ministers to the Cabinet of Ministers (the Ukrainian government) with 253 votes. Source: Details: The parliament approved the following appointments: Mykhailo Fedorov - First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation;