WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Thursday that its Executive Board approved an $8.1 billion, four-year loan for Ukraine, with an immediate disbursement of around $1.5 billion. The new Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement forms part of a broader $136.5 billion international support package aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s economy amid its ongoing war with Russia, it said. “Ukraine and its people have weathered a long and devastating war for over four years with