Overview
- Ukraine’s finance ministry said it extended a suspension of debt payments to the end of February 2030, easing near‑term budget strain by rolling over a 2023 deal.
- The IMF signaled readiness to relax some conditions and plans a staff mission to Kyiv in May, a step that could smooth the next review and disbursement under the $8.1 billion program.
- Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed support for Ukraine, and she pressed U.S. officials to keep sanctions tight and block workarounds that feed Russia’s war machine.
- Talks advanced to scale the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund and to use DFC war‑risk insurance to draw private investors, with a first URIF deal approved and more than 200 applications in the pipeline.
- In meetings with U.S. lawmakers, Svyrydenko named protection against Russian ballistic missiles as the top defense need to keep power plants and homes safe through the next winter.