KIEV, Sept. 9 – The mission of the International Monetary Fund will work in Kiev from September 22 to October 22 with the purpose of the second review of the Extended Fund Facility program for Ukraine, of the National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said at a meeting with bankers.

"I hope that we would meet all the criteria and receive the third tranche of the credit under the EFF program in October. If we make it this year and receive the fourth tranche, our forex reserves would grow to $18 billion by the end of the year," the press service of the central bank reported, citing Gontareva.

She said that the minimum forex reserve target for the end of the year - $15 billion – would be reached. This covers over three months of imports.