Kyiv expects to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund by the end of the month to allow the next tranche of aid, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Feb. 10, and blamed Russia for renewed fighting flared in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking after the biggest surge in violence in Ukraine’s industrial east for more than a year, Groysman also called on new U.S. President Donald Trump to provide “defensive weapons” to Ukraine to bring Moscow back into peace talks.
