“At the beginning of this year, we videotaped with the Ukrainian authorities progress in the implementation of the political course and reforms.

The consultations were productive.

But, as far as the state of affairs is concerned, more progress is needed to facilitate the completion of the first review under the credit program, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

According to him, we are talking about "an important package of reforms to strengthen the process of recovery and growth" of the Ukrainian economy.

Earlier, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said that the country feels "uncomfortable" without IMF loans.