KIEV, Feb. 4 - Ukraine's central bank offered on Tuesday to sell dollars on the interbank market after two days of inactivity, moving to try to stem strong demand for dollars prompted by widespread unrest in the country, Reuters reported.

The bank defended the hryvnia staunchly last year, clinging to the currency's crawling peg even before Ukraine secured a $15 billion loan agreement with Russia which pulled the country from the brink of default in December.