AKIPRESS.COM - Ukraine's MPs have ended their session without a vote on the resignation of PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as intense talks over a new cabinet continue, BBC reported.

Mr Yatsenyuk on Sunday announced he was stepping down, with the government facing accusations of corruption and inability to implement reforms.

Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman, an ally of President Petro Poroshenko, had been expected to be voted in as new prime minister on Tuesday. A vote may now be held on Wednesday.

The fact that there was no vote on Tuesday means that the main political parties have been unable to agree on the forming of a new government under Mr Groysman, the BBC's Tom Burridge reports from the capital, Kiev.

So Mr Yatsenyuk remains, in name at least, as prime minister, our correspondent says.

Reports had emerged late on Monday that Mr Groysman would not take up the post amid disagreements over the line-up of the new cabinet.

The speaker then reportedly changed his mind but coalition partners have so far failed to resolve their differences and the negotiations continue, several lawmakers said on Tuesday.

Earlier, politicians in Mr Poroshenko's coalition said they now had enough members to back the new cabinet.

Oleksiy Honcharenko, a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc (BPP), told Interfax news agency there was a coalition of 226 out of the 450-member parliament.

Separately, the deputy speaker of parliament, Andriy Parubiy, told Reuters that four independent MPs had joined Mr Poroshenko's faction, enough to form a majority with Mr Yatseniuk's People's Front party.