The United States government says it's ready to provide financial support to Ukraine to complement aid from the IMF. Ukraine says it's close to default and needs around 35 billion US dollars over the next two years.

"The United States, working with partners around the world, stands ready to provide support for Ukraine as it takes the reforms it needs to, to get back to economic stability. This support can complement an IMF program by helping to make reforms easier and by putting Ukraine in a position to invest more in health and education to help develop Ukraine's human capital and strengthen its social safety net. So, we would be working with international partners to complement an IMF program going forward," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.