“I am outraged that institutions such as the IMF do not understand the extraordinary nature of the situation in Ukraine and do not agree to cancel our country’s debt,” he said, adding that a significant part of Ukrainian society shares the same opinion.
Another reason for the expert’s discontent is that the fund has not provided any relief to Ukraine, despite the fact that it ordered Ghana to write off 30 percent of its debts this year.
According to Kushch, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance “missed the historic opportunity” back in 2022. And that is why they now tell him: if you receive aid packages from the West, you pay.
“Well, hence this attitude, if we really defend Western civilization, as our partners like to say,” the economist complained.
Earlier, the head of the IMF mission in Ukraine, Gavin Gray, said that the Fund is not discussing the scenario of a possible restructuring of kyiv’s debt.
