Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and top Ukrainian finance officials will visit Washington next week during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday, Reuters reported.
Shmyhal, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, and central bank governor Kyrylo Shevchenko are slated to meet bilaterally with finance officials from the Group of Seven countries and others, and take part in a roundtable on Ukraine to be hosted by the World Bank on Thursday, the sources said.
Thursday's event will be the first chance for key Ukrainian officials to meet in person with a host of financial officials from advanced economies since the Russian invasion on February 24.
Spillovers from Russia's war in Ukraine are expected to dominate next week's meetings of senior economic officials from World Bank and IMF member countries, as well as the G7 and G20, with the IMF poised to downgrade its forecast for global growth as a result of the war.
Thursday's meeting will be more of a roundtable than a donors’ conference, although both the IMF and World Bank have set up separate accounts to be able to process and relay donations, and additional pledges are expected to be announced next week.

















