KIEV, Nov. 15 - Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in the form of charter capital in the third quarter of 2013 increased by $1.25 billion, five times higher than last year, the State Statistics Service has reported.

Over the quarter foreign investors injected $1.1 billion in the Ukrainian economy, while withdrawing $230 million.

The service said that in July-September this year the forex rate difference in FDI amounted to $260 million.