Ukraine Seeks IMF Rescue as Gunmen Storm Crimea Assembly

Ukraine’s new government started work on securing international financing to avert a default as separatist tensions flared in the southern Crimea region.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s government on its first day in office invited the International Monetary Fund to Kiev for talks about a bailout worth as much as $15 billion. Deposed former President Viktor Yanukovych, who claims to be the country’s rightful leader, surfaced in Russia and will hold a news conference today.