KIEV, Aug. 15 – A 15.9% rise in investment in fixed capital in H1 showed that the fall in investment in the country has stopped, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank of Ukraine's governor.

"The erosion of investment activity in Ukraine has been overcome: the investment potential is definitely being restored and shows there is a certain amount of optimism," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.