Ukraine accepts IMF forecast of bigger $65 billion financing gap, Bloomberg News reports

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the press in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo

(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund has persuaded Ukraine's government to lift its estimate of foreign funding it will need through 2027 to about $65 billion from $38 billion earlier, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)