The IMF’s current policy forbids it loaning to countries that default on other government debt. But last month the organization said it would go ahead with the promised $17.5 billion loan to Ukraine even if the country defaults on its debt to Russia. The IMF might amend its rules, allowing lending as long as the borrowing nation meets its obligations under the IMF program and bargains in good faith with the creditor country.
KYIV – A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force crashed in the southeast killing the pilot, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. (More …)
KYIVUkraine’s military and pro-Russian
separatists accused each other on Wednesday of escalating
violence in eastern Ukraine in defiance of a ceasefire deal, as
Ukraine reported one of its soldiers killed in a direct attack.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will pay official visit to Kyiv on Friday to discuss the results of the reforms in the country with representatives of the Government and some MPs.
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – It’s been only two months since Yelena Krivonos has stopped sleeping in her cellar to hide from shelling, but now that violence has ticked up in eastern Ukraine she is headed back underground.
Ukrainian studio AKZ Architectura completely covered the interior of this vegetarian cafe in Kyiv with white tiles and installed a “jungle” in the toilets (+ slideshow).
MINERSVILLE — It was a joyful and historic time on Tuesday as the patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church visited St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minersville and met with the children of the parish school.
