KYIV, Dec 17 - Ukraine expects to receive the second tranche within the current program of macro-financial assistance from the European Union in the amount of EUR500 million in early 2019.

"Ukraine and the European Union expect to complete the program, and consequently receive the second tranche of the current program of macro-financial assistance in the amount of EUR 500 million in early 2019," the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers said after a meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis.