(Reuters) - Ukraine's protest leaders on Wednesday named ministers they want to form a new government following the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich, as Russia put troops on high alert in a show of strength.
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Reuters: Ukraine protest leaders name ministers, Russian troops on alert
: The nominations for the new pro-Western cabinet are read out at Independence square in Kiev on February 26, 2014. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a protest leader who was nominated on February 26 to head Ukraine's new interim government, is a pro-EU former foreign minister who took a hands-on role in street protests that rocked the country. The bespectacled 39-year-old has been handed the tough responsibility of dragging the ex-Soviet state back from the brink of collapse -- a task he himself branded \"political suicide\" earlier this week as Ukraine stands on the verge of default and faces separatist tensions. AFP PHOTO/ STR
