KIEV, Oct. 9 (AFP) - Ukraine will hold snap parliamentary elections on December 7, President Viktor Yushchenko announced Thursday, after the collapse of the ruling pro-West coalition.

In a decree posted on his official website, Yushchenko "set parliamentary elections for December 7, 2008."

Yushchenko on Wednesday announced the dissolution of parliament in a televised address after a failed bid to re-establish a coalition with his pro-West partner Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.