“We expect February to bring us good news,” National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) governor Andriy Pyshny said during a briefing on Feb. 3. He was referring to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board of directors, where a new four-year $8.1 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program looked set to be approved. Tailored to Ukraine’s needs in response to Russia’s protracted war against Ukraine, the new program had been under discussion by the IMF and NBU with Ukraine’s Ministry of