From the economic perspective the belligerent actions from the Ukrainian government in the East have been almost suicidal. A significant part of the population does not support the "revolutionary" government and it should have reached out to them. Instead it effectively robbed them of their voice with censorship and right extremist violence.



There is also the question of reforms: Ukraine has done very little in this respect and oligarchs seem more powerful than ever. On those grounds alone new loans should be denied.



The article suggests that Ukraine should be given generous terms by the IMF without providing any argument beyond vague suggestions. It looks like the editorial board was looking for an article in this direction and took the best they could find - overlooking the fact that it wasn't good enough.