oksana bedratenko will tell how the new conditions for providing assistance in... the country can affect the state's economy. oksana, hello, please tell me about the financial assistance in debt, whether it can be a problem for a country that is at war, or which rebuilt after the war? congratulations, maria, yes, earlier the united states provided assistance to ukraine in the form of free grants, unlike europe, which provides soft credit, but even in the form of loans. this money from the united states is extremely important to maintain stability during wartime, stability of the exchange rate, stability of prices, so that the government can continue to perform its basic functions. however, it is worth noting that debt sustainability is a condition of the imf program. ukraine wants to receive the next tranches from the imf, and what is the mission of the fund will start work already at the end of may, will study whether it is growing too fast. the debt that ukraine takes on, whether this debt is sustainable, that is, whether it can, or whether this debt burden is too large for ukraine. if

let's talk about this in more detail with our journalist oksana bedratenko. oksana, i congratulate you. oksana, how are world financiers currently disposed to help ukraine? what do they say about it? indeed, the mood at this spring meeting of the imf and the world bank is different from what it was just six months ago at the corresponding meeting in the fall. at that time, as we remember, ukraine had a large program from the imf, as well as allies, provided ukraine with more than $40 billion in economic aid last year. now, it seems, the main task of the ukrainian delegation is to ensure... unrelenting attention to help ukraine among allies, despite other world crises, despite domestic political problems. for budgetary and defense support , help from the congress is urgently needed, the head of the national bank andriy pyshnyi told me about this in an interview, and the minister of finance janet yelen pointed out that the alternatives are actually a step away from there is no congress. let me emphasize, we are absolutely committed to supporting ukraine against

oksana bedratenko asked beata yavorchyk, chief economist of the european bank for reconstruction andment, whether investors can come to ukraine without nato's protective umbrella, and what else is needed for reconstruction besides money. ukraine was able to maintain the stability of the economy during the war and wait for the economic assistance of europe, how important is the economic assistance from the usa. the package is extremely important, maintaining macro stability is an outstanding achievement of the ukrainian government. inflation dropped to 4% from a peak of 20%. budget revenues in relation to gdp at... if this budget hole is not closed, it will destroy the progress of macroeconomic stability. economical us aid is expected to come in the form of a loan, will this have a negative impact? when we studied the post-war experience of the countries of history, on average, their level of debt to gdp increased by 50%. therefore, ukraine's situation is not unique here. i would say everything in turn. let's figure it out. with what is happening now, and then we will think about thes