Los Angeles Times report, Aug. 25, 2014

Excerpt:

Ukraine’s newly inaugurated president dissolved the contentious parliament  Monday and set early elections for Oct. 26 in a move that will probably put further pressure on the country’s east-west divide.

President Petro Poroshenko had promised during his spring electoral campaign to resolve the standoff between parliamentary deputies of his coalition and the loyalists of former President Viktor Yanukovich, who was deposed by a pro-Western rebellion in late February.

The act of dissolving the Supreme Council was announced by Poroshenko on the presidential website late Monday and reported by the Ukrinform news agency.

…Ukraine’s newly inaugurated president dissolved the contentious parliament  Monday and set early elections for Oct. 26 in a move that will probably put further pressure on the country’s east-west divide.

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-ukraine-parliament-election-20140825-story.html
Ukraine president dissolves parliament, sets Oct. 26 election

Also:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/ukraine-president-petro-poroshenko-election-october
Ukraine president calls snap election as he prepares for Putin meeting