Ukraine's President Dissolves Parliament, Calls for New Elections

Will be held on October 26

Ukraine's president has dissolved parliament and called snap elections, as government forces continue to fight pro-Russian rebel forces in the east.

Petro Poroshenko said many current MPs were backers of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and that the majority of Ukrainians wanted a new parliament.

Elections would be held on 26 October, he said in a TV address.

Separately, Ukraine's military says it clashed with rebel armoured vehicles that entered the country from Russia.

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[LynchPin1477]

This bodes well.

[mad.casual]

This bodes well.

Is it still boding if the outcome is obvious?

I think even those who adamantly supported boots on the ground in Ukraine knew the Ukrainians weren't building some sort of bastion of transparent pure democracy.