The head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Valeriy Gontareva, has stated that Ukraine has received a tranche of $1.7 billion in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"The funds that we have received today from the IMF will be used to replenish the international reserves. In general, our international reserves are growing very fast, and by the end of 2015 we expect that their volume will reach nearly $18 billion,’’ Gazeta.ru cites her as saying.