KIEV, Feb. 27 – The forecast for the average annual hryvnia to U.S. dollar exchange rate of UAH 21.7 per $1 and 26% inflation, stipulated in the government's changes to the 2015 national budget, is an extremely optimistic scenario, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"This scenario will be reviewed," he said in an interview with leading TV channels.

The premier stressed that the war and the loss of 20% of the economy affects the macroeconomic forecast.