Kyiv hopes that the volume of the first tranche of financial aid from the IMF under the enhanced program payment will be 10 billion dollars, said Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Ihor Umansky.

the meeting of the Board of Directors of the IMF on assurances of the expanded programme of payment for Ukraine is scheduled for March eleven.

"The final decision has not been made yet, we hope that it will be taken at the level of 10 billion dollars," said Umansky correspondents on the first day of the weekend, answering the question, what amount of financial aid Kyiv expects to receive from the IMF under the first tranche.

first, the IMF decided to make a wider programme of support for Ukraine's supposedly 17, 5 billion dollars. In total financing from the IMF and from other sources for four years could reach $ 40 billion. The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Kyiv hopes that the size of the first tranche under the new IMF loan program will be as large as possible.

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