KIEV, June 9 – Ukraine on Tuesday received a $2 billion loan from Russia, a source in the Ukrainian government told Interfax-Ukraine.

The funds were most likely provided under a joint Russian-Ukrainian project for the completion of two reactors at the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant, the source said.

At the same time, the source did not elaborate on the creditor, saying that the currency was transferred to the government's account, having thus considerably increased the international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine.