Coalition backs Groysman as candidate for Ukrainian premier

The Ukrainian parliamentary coalition on Wednesday supported the candidacy of the current chairman of Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman, for the office of the head of government, Groysman's press secretary Dmytro Stolyarchuk has said.

"The coalition has just supported, by absolute majority, Groysman's candidacy for the office of the prime minister," he wrote on Twitter.