KIEV, July 7 - The National Bank of Ukraine in June increased international reserves by $346 million, or 3.5%, to $10.264 billion, the central bank announced.

"This was due to the formation of a positive balance of NBU interventions in the interbank forex market, revenues the government received from the placement of Ukrainian government bonds worth $140 million and conversion of Chinese yuan in the amount of $419.2 million," the NBU said.