KIEV, Dec. 29 - Ukraine expects at least one tranche of funding, its third, from the International Monetary Fund in January as Kiev has fulfilled all preconditions, central bank governor Valeriya Gontareva said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Ukraine had expected the third tranche, worth $1.7 billion, by the end of this year. Gontareva said it might now receive the fourth tranche, also of $1.7 billion, at the same time as the third.