Ukraine in political, economic chaos as govt fails to deliver

Kiev, Ukraine

THE country is on the cliff of bankruptcy. A spate of politically motivated killings and mysterious suicides of former government officials has sown fear in the capital. Infighting has begun to splinter the pro-European majority coalition in Parliament. And a constant threat of war lingers along the Russian border.

A year after the election of Petro Poroshenko as president to replace the ousted Viktor Yanukovych, and six months after the swearing in of a new legislature, Ukraine remains deeply mired in political and economic chaos.