Ukraine received about $880 million from the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.. This was stated by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergei Marchenko, the press service of the ministry reported..
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“Additional financing from the IMF for the priority needs of the state budget of Ukraine is the result of the successful third revision of the EFF program. Thanks to timely support, we are able to continue to maintain financial stability in Ukraine. After the third review, we continue to actively work to implement jointly defined reforms to ensure macroeconomic stability, strengthen governance, support recovery efforts and European integration of Ukraine,” said Sergei Marchenko.
Thus, Ukraine has already attracted about $5.4 billion out of the $15.6 billion provided for by the program..
The volume of gross external debt of Ukraine during the fourth quarter of 2023 increased by $10.6 billion - to $161.5 billion, in relation to GDP, the debt increased from 89.3% to 90.7%, such estimates were published by the National Bank of Ukraine on its website. According to him, the growth occurred due to the government, whose external debt added $10.5 billion and amounted to $98.3 billion, or 55.2% of GDP, while external liabilities of the private sector increased by only $0.3 billion - to $63.2.