Last week, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased a record $858 mln

in currency on the interbank market this year. Almost the entire amount of the purchased cash was the currency funds of the state-owned company NEC Ukrenergo, which placed 5-year Eurobonds under government guarantees for $ 825 mln and at a rate of 6.875% per annum. The company had to convert foreign currency funds from creditors into hryvnia for settlements with “green” energy generators.