The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board of Directors approved the provision of a four-year financing package of $15.6 billion to Ukraine. Reutersrefer to the source.
As the agency points out, this package will help the country “met its urgent funding needs”.
It was noted that this loan is the largest loan for Ukraine since the start of Russia’s special military operation and is the first major financing package approved by the IMF for a country in active conflict.
Earlier, Reuters wrote that the International Monetary Fund is at working level. had an agreement Under a possible loan program of $15.6 billion for four years with Ukraine.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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