IMF to announce new date of meeting on Ukraine soon

"The IMF Executive Board meeting on Ukraine has been postponed to allow the staff time to assess the implications of various recent developments for the program. We expect to announce a new date soon," he said at a briefing in Washington. He did not specify what events were being discussed. "As I have said I don't have a lot for you beyond what I have said. I don't have details of the developments of our staff," he said, asked whether there is a link between the postponement of the meeting date and the trade blockade of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by Russia-backed separatists.