According to the Ukrainian publication Ekonomicheskaya Pravda, the National Bank of Ukraine sold 12.5 billion dollars of its reserves in 2023.
It is also stated that the bank purchased 177.89 million dollars in the same period.
In June, the regulator sold $1.798 billion last week — $435.82 million.
Formerly the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) listed more than $680 million for defense needs.
It was noted that Ukraine’s defense expenditures in 2022 reached $44 billion, which means an increase of 6.4 times in a year. At the same time, US military aid to Ukraine totaled $19.9 billion in 2022.
Prior to that, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace aforementionedThe North Atlantic Alliance must force its members to increase military spending if it wants to “contain Russia” effectively.
He described the increase in defense spending by more than half of NATO countries as one of the positive results of the conflict in Ukraine.
former Central Bank declaration about a possible increase in key rate.