Gray made the statement during a discussion hosted by the Center for Economic Strategy. “Government expenditure needs will remain significant in the medium term, and thus progress on adopting the tax package will affect donors’ willingness to continue supporting Ukraine,” he said. The IMF representative also believes this would demonstrate the state’s effort to achieve greater self-reliance and emphasized the need for “some increase in tax revenues.” “Unfortunately, this is the reality of the situation, so there is logic in the proposal [to raise taxes] put forward by the government,” said Gra…