“We all came as one team and we will continue to work forward as one team, and if the decision is made that this team needs to be changed, we’ll all go together. But we’ll fight to the end,” Yatsenyuk said in the country’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.
Speculation of an inter-governmental split emerged Wednesday after Ukrainian Economy and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius resigned with his team in protest of "political level" obstructions to reforms.
Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko, Information Policy Minister Yurii Stets, Healthcare Minister Alexander Kvitashvili, and Infrastructure Minister Andrii Pyvovarskyi joined Abromavicius on Thursday, later rescinding their resignations.
Some of the country's lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction with the government's work, insisting on Yatsenyuk’s and other ministers’ resignation. Kiev said in December the prime minister’s resignation was not on the agenda.
Analysts and insiders have forecast Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko to replace Yatsenyuk in the event of his resignation.
