IMF’s Board Said to Meet to Consider Ukraine’s Loan on Feb. 26
Volunteers speak with local residents near damaged residential buildings as Russian shelling continues to impact civilian infrastructure and evacuation efforts intensify, in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.
Photographer: Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images
The International Monetary Fund’s board will meet on February 26 to consider a four-year, $8.1 billion loan program for Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said.
The Washington-based lender is expected to approve a new aid package agreed at the staff level with Kyiv in November. The fund had previously demanded that Kyiv submit a domestically unpopular tax bill, but has since dropped the requirement.