This was reported by Deputy Head of the NBU Dmitry Sologub.

According to him, a favorable situation in the foreign exchange market allowed the NBU from the beginning of the year to buy 1.4 billion dollars.

"Currently, international reserves are about 18 billion dollars," - said Sologub.

He also noted that the dollar depreciates relative to world currencies in international markets.

As a result, the international reserves of the National Bank in June increased by 2% to 17.97 billion dollars in comparison with May.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, Ukraine will be on August 3 to pay the IMF immediately 450 million dollars - according to a program called stand by.