KYIV, Dec 12 – The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund on Monday completed the second review of the EFF program for Ukraine and approved the allocation of SDR664 million for the third tranche ($881 million at the current rate).

“We have worked very closely with Ukraine’s economic team over the past weeks, and today we completed the second review of our program under the banner of exceptional performance,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington.