This is stated in a message on the IMF website.

“The Executive Council today approved an 18-month stand-by agreement for Ukraine with the provision of $ 5 billion,” the text says.

It is noted that the new program is aimed at helping Ukraine to overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier, the head of the “Servant of the People” faction in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arahamia, noted that a number of conditions under the new IMF loan program would not be supported by Ukrainian society and parliament.