The head of the NBU Kirill Shevchenko told ZN. UA on the state of international reserves of Ukraine.

- How much money was taken from the reserves?

- In fact, since the beginning of the war, as of March 7, the volume of international reserves has even increased - by 1.15% or by 315.6 million dollars. USA. This happened primarily due to the purchase by the National Bank of foreign currency from banks (about USD 680 million)..

United States) and also the receipt of funds from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (60 million dollars. USA). You know that Ukraine does not plan to stop fulfilling its obligations to creditors, so since the beginning of the war, the government has spent $342 million to service debt payments in foreign currency.. USA. Additionally, we repaid a loan in the amount of USD 100.5 million. United States provided by the central bank of Sweden.

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The NBU also explained its decision on the discount rate.