“We need credit limits for the purchase of gas and coal for the next heating season.
The amount of assistance for this year should be at least $5 billion, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
In addition, according to Zelensky, the country needs targeted loans of $2 billion to restore the destroyed electrical energy infrastructure and expand exports to Europe.
The Ukrainian leader said that these loans will provide stability to the country.
Last week, the IMF Executive Board decided to provide Ukraine with $1.3 billion in financial support.
The funds were directed to "meet all the needs related to the financing of the balance of payments" of Ukraine.
On June 14, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine has become a colony of the West because of the number of loans.