WASHINGTON — Ukraine secured two wins in Washington, D.C. this week, including an extension of a debt repayment freeze, as well as signals that the International Monetary Fund would be open to easing some of the tougher elements of the fund’s four-year program to Kyiv.
Kyiv signed a deal with international partners to suspend debt service due by Ukraine until the end of February 2030, extending a previous arrangement reached in 2023, the finance ministry said on April 17.
The fund also signalled it could renegotiate some of the toughest aspects of an $8.1 billion program during its next visit to Kyiv, scheduled for May, three people familiar with the talks told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine sent a high-level delegation to Washington,…