KIEV, June 3 – Ukraine has managed to restore cooperation with international financial organizations and other international partners and to increase international reserves amid difficult economic and political conditions, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"The figure of gold and currency reserves is $18 billion now," Yatseniuk told parliament on Tuesday.

It has been reported that in January-April Ukraine's international reserves dropped 30.3%, or $6.19 billion to $14.226 billion, or two months worth of imports.