"We asked the Ukrainian people to have reasonable expectations, but then to also understand that our goals are to take care of the things now that we can so that we can ensure that in 2016 we resume economic growth," Natalie Jaresko told reporters in Kiev.
The World Bank said in its October forecast that Ukraine's economy was likely to shrink by 8 percent this year and contract further by one percent in 2015 because of the ongoing armed conflict in the east of the country.
Wednesday's disbursement was the final tranche of the European Union's 1-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) Macro-Financial Assistance program for Ukraine. The payment came on top of the 860 million euros provided to Ukraine earlier this year within the frameworks of the European Union 's two ongoing macro-financial support programs.
