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title: "IMF tranche of $1.66 billion at risk: Rada acknowledges critical stalling of reforms"
description: "Roksolana Pidlasa, chair of the Rada's budget committee, warned that Ukraine risks failing to receive the IMF tranche of $1.66 billion by the end of 2026 due to the repeated failure of key bills in parliament. The delay also puts subsequent EU funding at risk."
date: 2026-09-02T12:34:01.000Z
lang: en
url: https://xab.info/en/posts/imf-tranche-1-66-billion-dollars-at-risk-reform-stalling-in-rada
tags: [imf, ukraine-budget, parliament, eu-aid, fiscal-policy, audit-office]
publisher: "XAB.info"
---

# IMF tranche of $1.66 billion at risk: Rada acknowledges critical stalling of reforms

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## 🎯 Key Points

- Ukraine risks failing to receive the IMF tranche of $1.66 billion by the end of 2026 due to delays in adopting reforms
- The Rada again failed to support the bills on abolishing the parcel allowance (No. 15460, No. 15112d) — 194 votes against the required 226
- Parliament also failed to create an advisory group for selecting members of the Audit Office
- A failure of the IMF program automatically puts EU assistance in question
- The IMF mission expects the expedited passage of the bills by the end of September 2026

Ukraine risks failing to receive its next tranche of $1.66 billion from the International Monetary Fund by the end of 2026. This was stated by Roksolana Pidlasa, chair of the parliamentary committee on budget matters, commenting on the outcomes of the IMF mission's meeting in Kyiv. According to her, the key topic of the negotiations was the systematic stalling of the adoption of necessary decisions in the Verkhovna Rada, as a result of which the country is making insufficient progress in meeting the conditions of the cooperation program.

### Parliamentary stalling: key bills

Among the specific reasons for the delay, Pidlasa cited the repeated failure in the Rada of bills No. 15460 and No. 15112d, which provide for the abolition of the duty-free allowance for parcels worth up to 150 euros. Only 194 MPs voted in favor of both documents, against the required 226. In addition, parliament did not support the creation of an advisory group of experts that was supposed to select candidates for six vacant positions of members of the Audit Office. According to the MP, it is precisely these two blocks of requirements that are mandatory steps for the successful completion of the IMF program review at the parliamentary level.

### Link to EU funding: the domino effect

“When we talk about the next IMF tranche, we are talking not only about $1.66 billion in budget financing, because the implementation of the cooperation program with the IMF remains a condition for receiving assistance from the European Union,” Pidlasa emphasized. Thus, missing the deadlines on Ukrainian reforms creates a chain reaction: a delay in the IMF tranche automatically puts subsequent payments from Brussels in question, which in total could deprive Kyiv of a significant volume of external resources in the fourth quarter of 2026. The remaining requirements of the program, according to the committee chair, concern decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers and individual agencies, where, as expected, no delays should arise.

### Contradictory data

The available fact-checking materials contain a discrepancy in the detailing of parliamentary obligations: in the original text of Pidlasa's statement, the enumeration of specific “mandatory steps in parliament” is cut off without a complete list, and only two failed blocks are mentioned thereafter (the parcel allowance and the Audit Office). At the same time, a number of publications (RBC-Ukraine, UNIAN, Delo) present the information as “several” mandatory steps, without disclosing their full scope. Moreover, in one fragment of the source the speaker's surname is spelled as “Podlasa,” whereas the correct spelling is “Pidlasa.” Differences in the completeness of the list of requirements may indicate that some conditions (for example, on tax or regulatory changes) were not publicly detailed at the time of publication.

### Context: pressure on the budget in 2027

The risks surrounding the IMF tranche overlap with a broader context of fiscal challenges. According to Bloomberg data, cited by RBC on August 28, 2026, Ukraine's budget deficit in 2027 may grow due to a decline in external financial flows. In such a situation, the loss of $1.66 billion in the fourth quarter of the current year would become an additional blow to macroeconomic stability and the state's ability to finance social and defense spending. The IMF mission, at the end of its visit to Kyiv, expects Kyiv to expedite the passage of the stalled bills by the end of September in order to maintain the schedule of the program review and, accordingly, the schedule of fund disbursement.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Tranche at risk: Rada names IMF requirements for receiving $1.66 billion](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/transh-pid-zagrozoyu-radi-nazvali-vimogi-1788351803.html) - Первоисточник заявления Пидласы; содержит детали по голосованию (194/226), номерам законопроектов, связи с ЕС
- [Next IMF tranche at risk: Ukraine is not meeting the requirements](https://delo.ua/ru/news/sleduyushhii-trans-mvf-pod-ugrozoi-ukraina-ne-vypolnyaet-trebovaniya-471761/) - Подтверждает факт риска и общую картину невыполнения требований
- [Next IMF tranche at risk: MP warns of risks for Ukraine](https://www.unian.net/economics/finance/transh-ot-mvf-pod-voprosom-nardep-predupredila-o-riskah-dlya-ukrainy-13487745.html) - Независимое подтверждение заявления Пидласы и контекста встречи с миссией МВФ
- [Bloomberg reports risk of Ukraine's budget deficit growing in 2027](https://www.rbc.ru/politics/28/08/2026/6a91626a83e9aeb0116a820f) - Контекстный материал от 28.08.2026; используется для макроэкономического фона, не является первоисточником по траншу

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: What is the amount of the IMF tranche that Ukraine risks not receiving?
**A:** It is $1.66 billion, which was to be disbursed under the cooperation program with the IMF by the end of 2026.

### Q: Which specific bills failed to pass in the Rada?
**A:** The Verkhovna Rada for the second time failed to support bills No. 15460 and No. 15112d on abolishing the allowance for parcels up to 150 euros (194 votes against the required 226), and also failed to create an advisory group of experts for selecting six members of the Audit Office.

### Q: Why does a delay in the IMF tranche affect EU assistance?
**A:** The implementation of the cooperation program with the IMF is one of the conditions for receiving financial assistance from the European Union. Missing the IMF deadlines automatically puts subsequent payments from Brussels in question.

### Q: What does the IMF mission expect from Kyiv in the near term?
**A:** At the end of the meeting in Kyiv, the IMF mission expects the expedited passage of the bills stalled in parliament by the end of September 2026, in order to maintain the schedule of the program review and the disbursement of funds.