The National Bank of Ukraine is working out options for dealing with the balances of money of Ukrainians on bank accounts in Russian and Belarusian rubles. The National Bank announced this in response to a request from Economic Truth..

As follows from the answer, at present the National Bank is not sure about the consequences of any actions.

And we are not talking about converting rubles into another currency " For the same reason, citizens who had rubles at the time of the outbreak of the war cannot simply withdraw this money from their accounts..

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They emphasize that a final decision on ruble account balances will require a thorough assessment of the potential consequences.

In the future, any decision on accounts in Russian and Belarusian rubles will be made at the national level, so that it is consistent with the general policy of the state towards the Russian Federation and Belarus.

At the same time, the National Bank refused to determine the extent of this problem.. And they said that information about how much money the Ukrainians kept in bank accounts before the start of a full-scale invasion and how many such accounts were opened in general is "

Recall, the NBU made a decision that banned banks from conducting any foreign exchange transactions with Russian and Belarusian rubles on the evening of February 24, 2022.