KIEV, Sept. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine plans to buy $800 million on the forex market September through December to support the required amount of international reserves under the Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, according to the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies published on the IMF's Web site on Tuesday.

In July the required sum of Ukraine's international reserves was estimated at $1 billion, including about $200 million bought by the NBU on the market.