the military escalation in the Donbas. Military escalation and prospects for Russia’s independence recognition within the Luhansk and Donetsk regions drove bond prices lower. According to Bloomberg, at 18:00, the yield to maturity of the shortest securities maturing in September this year rose to 24.4% against 21.3% at the end of last week. Securities maturing in 2023-2024 were quoted with a yield of 16.9%-18% compared to 15.2-15.8% on Friday. The rate of Eurobonds maturing in 2025 increased to 14.9%, those maturing in 2026 rose to 13.5%, which is 0.9% higher than at the end of last week. The price of two issues of Eurobonds in euros fell by 3.1-3.4%, which led to an increase in rates of securities maturing in 2026 by 0.9% to 13.8%, and bonds maturing in 2030 rose by 0.6%, up to 10% per annum. Due to deteriorating investor sentiment, Ukraine’s GDP warrants fell by 5.6% to 62.9% of face value on Monday.