KIEV, May 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine has received a first tranche worth about $3.2 billion from a $17 billion two-year aid programme from the International Monetary Fund, the central bank said on Wednesday.
The bank said the first tranche was received on Tuesday. More than $1 billion went to the bank's foreign currency reserves and the rest to the state budget, a spokesman said. (reporting by Natalia Zinets, writing by Elizabeth Piper, editing by Ralph Boulton)
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