KIEV, March 2 – The first tranche of the International Monetary Fund help which Ukraine will receive will be divided into equal parts among the National Bank of Ukraine and the government, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko reported.

"A half of whatever the number might be will be spent for enrichment of the NBU reserves, another half will be provided to the government so that it fulfills its foreign liabilities," she told the journalists during the Cabinet of Ministers sitting on Saturday.