KIEV, Feb. 12 – Ukrainian authorities have successfully ended negotiations with the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the new four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) worth $17.5 billion, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

"The talks have been finished, we're waiting for the formal decision from the IMF Executive Board," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday.

Yatseniuk said that the EFF will open aid from other international organizations and partners for Ukraine, bringing the total financing to $25 billion.