Ukraine could struggle to meet the International Monetary Fund’s demands for its next aid tranche on time, one of the country’s finance officials said, and voiced reservations about the appetite for its first major privatisation.
Artem Shevalev, Ukraine’s former deputy finance minister and now its representative at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, said the December timeframe for the next $1.3 billion (£1.06 billion) IMF loan was “extremely ambitious and challenging”.
