Ukrainian leader calls for further financial aid from IMF, the West

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday called for further help from the International Monetary Fund and the West to help stabilize the national currency, the hyrvnia. The currency has lost 40 per cent of its value against the dollar since the beginning of the year and the onset of a costly conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east. Speaking at a news conference in Kiev, Poroshenko said he would do all he could to protect the hryvnia against attacks and end "speculation" operations against it. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1qy4Gqc