KYIV, Oct 21 – Building on the results of the work of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team with representatives of Ukraine in Vienna on October 17-20, the IMF mission announced productive discussions and advancing work in the coming weeks to follow up on the Kyiv authorities' request for Program Monitoring with Board Involvement (PMB).

"The PMB will lay out the authorities' policy intentions to support macroeconomic and financial stability and present an assessment of external financing needs for 2023," IMF mission chief for Ukraine Gavin Gray said in a statement spread on Friday.