Ukraine’s PM and FM will visit the United States.

According to sources, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and key finance officials will travel to Washington next week for IMF and World Bank spring meetings.

Shmyhal, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, and Central Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko are expected to attend a World Bank-hosted roundtable on Ukraine on Thursday, in addition to bilateral discussions.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, top Ukrainian officials had not met in person with financial officials from advanced economies until Thursday.

Next week’s meetings of senior economic officials from World Bank and IMF member countries, as well as the G7 and G20, are expected to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia dispatched troops to Ukraine to demilitarize and “denazify” the country.