BRUSSELS, Feb. 12 - Ukraine is set to receive about $40 billion in funding over the next four years, nearly half of which will come from the International Monetary Fund, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in Brussels as talks on the Ukraine conflict resumed in Minsk.

Lagarde told reporters that the IMF team working in Kiev had reached an agreement with the Ukraine government on a new economic program with about $17.5 billion coming from the IMF and additional resources from the international community.