© Legion-Media/Ukraine Presidents Office/Alamydespite acknowledging that Kiev isn't on schedule implementing reforms aimed at tackling corruption.In a statement issued on Monday, the IMF said its Executive Board had completed the first review ofapproving the release of a $690 million tranche. The latest payment bringsunder the $8.1 billion loan program to approximatelyaccording to the fund.The IMF said the program's performance has been "broadly satisfactory," but noted that reform implementation had slowed. It citedincluding governance and anti-corruption measures. "Several structural benchmarks [were] completed with a delay or missed," it said, adding that revised timelines for key reforms had been agreed upon.when lending to Ukraine. Under the loan program, Kiev pledged to strengthen anti-graft institutions, improve governance, and implement a series of structural reforms, with each tranche of funding contingent on regular reviews of its progress.The IMF's latest tranche follows a sweeping cabinet reshuffle that saw several senior officials replaced, includingwho acknowledged that he had failed to complete reforms of the corruption-hit ministry.since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, with investigators uncoveringfor food, ammunition, armored vehicle components, drones, and electronic warfare equipment.A series of high-profileIn November 2025, authorities uncovereda close business associate of Vladimir Zelensky who was dubbedby the media.In June, Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities announced that they had uncovered another Energoatom graft scheme involving thethat investigators also linked to Mindich.Moscow has frequently pointed to such cases as evidence for its broader criticism of Western financial support for Kiev.Russia has long accused Ukraine and the EU of beingclaiming that a significant portion of the