On 27 February 2014, Groysman was concurrently appointed as the Vice Prime Minister for Regional Policy and the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine in the First Yatsenyuk Government. During this period, Groysman was appointed the chair of the Ukrainian Special Government Commission on MH17, investigating the shootdown and crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ("MH17"), during the War in Donbass."Malaysia demands unrestricted access to crash site," 21 July 2014, The Star/Asia News Network in The Straits Times, retrieved 18 April 2016Higgins, Andrew & Rick Gladstone, "More bodies possible at Ukraine crash site, officials say," 23 July 2014, NYT News Service in The Times of India, retrieved 18 April 2016
