{"id":151256,"date":"2026-03-09T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151256"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:39:59","slug":"rezervy-ukrayiny-zmenshylys-vpershe-za-piv-roku","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/rezervy-ukrayiny-zmenshylys-vpershe-za-piv-roku\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Reserves Decline for the First Time in Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"264\">Ukraine\u2019s international reserves decreased in February 2026 by $2.91 billion, or 5.0%, reaching nearly $54.8 billion as of March 1. This was reported by the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">National Bank of Ukraine<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"712\">\u201cAccording to preliminary data, Ukraine\u2019s international reserves as of March 1, 2026 amounted to $54,753.4 million. In February they decreased by 5.0%. This dynamic was driven by the NBU\u2019s foreign exchange interventions and the country\u2019s debt payments in foreign currency. These operations were only partially offset by inflows from international partners and from the placement of foreign-currency domestic government bonds,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"866\">Despite the decline, the regulator noted that the current level of reserves remains sufficient to maintain the stability of the foreign exchange market.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1328\">Overall, several factors influenced the reserves\u2019 dynamics in February. In particular, $1 billion was credited to the government\u2019s foreign currency accounts at the National Bank, including $690.8 million through <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">World Bank<\/span><\/span> accounts under the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine<\/span><\/span> initiative of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Group of Seven<\/span><\/span>, and $309.6 million from the placement of foreign-currency domestic government bonds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1696\">At the same time, the government of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ukraine<\/span><\/span> paid $804.1 million for servicing and repaying public debt in foreign currency, including $472.2 million for servicing and redeeming domestic government bonds and $331.9 million to other creditors. In addition, Ukraine paid $279.7 million to the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">International Monetary Fund<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1848\">On Ukraine\u2019s foreign exchange market in February, the National Bank sold nearly $2.99 billion, which is $0.74 billion, or 19.8%, less than in January.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1953\">The revaluation of financial instruments in February increased the value of reserves by $152.5 million.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2082\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cThe current level of international reserves is sufficient to cover 5.7 months of future imports,\u201d the National Bank concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151257,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151256","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151256"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151256"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}