Ukraine Needs Nations to Follow Up on Aid to Fill $5 Billion Gap
- Work remains to make pledges a reality: central bank official
- Country got financial promises at IMF, World Bank meetings
A resident walks through the debris of a destroyed house in Novodruzhesk village, Ukraine, on April 18.
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Ukraine wants to make sure governments that offered assistance this week during meetings in Washington follow through and turn their promises into real support, one of the nation’s top financial officials said.
Ukraine needs $5 billion to $7 billion a month to fill a budget gap caused by Russia’s invasion, deputy central bank governor Sergiy Nikolaychuk said in an interview in Washington.