“We hope to agree on a new long-term program of expanded financing, which will support our efforts aimed at accelerating economic growth,” Goncharuk quoted the press service as saying.

He noted that recently Ukraine has successfully implemented the reforms outlined by the country's leader, Vladimir Zelensky, including the support of the Verkhovna Rada of the bill on allowing the sale of agricultural land.

On November 14, an IMF mission arrived in Kiev.

Politician, former adviser to the ex-president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Oleg Soskin, in an interview with the NSN, warned of a possible deterioration in US-Ukrainian relations, which would lead to the IMF refusing to finance Kiev.