KIEV, Aug. 28 – The International Monetary Fund has transferred SDR 1.017 billion ($1.59 billion) to Ukraine as part of allocating 161.18 billion special drawing rights (SDR) (around $252.08 billion at the current exchange rate), the fund said.

According to the fund, the allocation is based on a long-term global need to supplement IMF members' existing reserve assets and it provides liquidity to the global economic system.