KYIV, Feb 14 – Ukraine still needs $42 billion in external financing in 2024, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday.

"Ukraine earned the support of the international community with very prudent actions domestically. They collect 36% to GDP in taxes. I don't know many countries that do that even without the war. They brought inflation down from 27% to 5%, they have restored the prospects for growth: growth is now 4.5%," she said in an interview with CNBC.