KIEV, Oct. 16 - Ukraine has managed to achieve macroeconomic stability, while simultaneously the country needs more international financial assistance in the amount of at least $7.5 billion to restore economic growth, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

"I asked to double the aid provided to us from $7.5 billion to at least $15 billion," the minister said at a press conference in Kiev, commenting on her numerous meetings at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Lima (Peru).