Ukrainian Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk has said it is necessary to bring energy tariffs into line with the market level as soon as possible.

"Preliminary we agreed a schedule with the IMF over the price and tariff rise. We expect that the mission will arrive on January 8. I believe we need to change the schedule and speed up the rate of bringing energy tariffs into line with market level," he said during a final press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.