Ukraine’s parliament voted to approve a tax hike for the first time since the full-scale war broke out, turning to a politically unpopular move as the country continually struggles to find new sources of funding for its growing wartime budget. The bill passed in parliament as part of a
The IMF team led by Gavin Gray held week-long negotiations with the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv on the fifth review of the country's 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. The EFF is a four-year funding agreement that will allow Ukraine to access $15.6 billion in financial aid in regular installments.
Ukraine's budget deficit for 2025 will be $35 billion, but assistance from partners will cover roughly $20 billion, PM Denys Shmyhal said on Aug. 27.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced during a government meeting that Ukraine has received approximately $12 billion in external financing since the beginning of the year to help address the budget deficit.
After Ukraine ended 2021 with a historically high gross domestic product (GDP) of $195 billion, top officials issued optimistic forecasts for the coming year. Then the war began, killing all of the country's economic plans. As of late April, the Russian military has destroyed 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, causing
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