Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk says populists, oligarchs and Kremlin want early parliamentary elections.

"Populists, oligarchs and Kremlin are those forces are the most interested in early parliamentary elections," Yatseniuk said during the "10 Minutes with Prime Minister" programme, aired by the ICTV television network on March 13.

The prime minister said common sense shows that populists and radicals would seek to benefit from the outcome of the snap elections. He said wealthy Ukrainian businessmen would try to restore old schemes.

"The Kremlin, in turn, wants a weak Ukraine fractured by internecine quarreling and conflicts. Putin will use Ukraine's political fiasco to divide the EU, lift sanctions and justify crimes he has committed against the Ukrainian state," the prime minister said.

"Those who are laying the groundwork for early parliamentary polls are giving Putin an opportunity," he added.

Yatseniuk said an early parliamentary election is unacceptable, and that Ukraine is faced with two options.

"The first one – the one I adhere to - implies the restoration of the parliamentary majority coalition, the strengthening of the incumbent Cabinet of Ministers and close cooperation between the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front and democratic groups in parliament. This involves continuing reforms in the country launched by this government," the prime minister said.

The second option is that the Ukrainian president and his faction, which is the largest in the parliament, take responsibility and propose a new government, a new prime minister, a new program and hold negotiations with factions in parliament to support the new government and its new program.