KYIV, April 10 – Ukraine may find itself in ‘quite tough’ economic challenges if the government fails to secure lending from the International Monetary Fund, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a report.

Parliament is to hold an emergency session on Monday to debate and vote for two bills that are instrumental for securing the IMF lending. However, several lawmakers have been trying to delay at least one of the bills by submitting more than 16,000 amendments, which could derail cooperation with the IMF.