KYIV. April 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine hopes to get a $1.5 billion tranche of a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June 2011 after a fund mission visits Kyiv from May 10 to May 20, Director of the Department for Public Debt Management and International Cooperation at the Ukrainian Finance Ministry Serhiy Makatsariya said.

"We expect the mission to work from May 10 to May 20