KYIV, Nov 30 – Ukraine's forex reserves grew to $19 billion as of November 30 compared with $18.7 billion as of early November, after the successful placement of currency-pegged government bonds by the Finance Ministry, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Oleh Churiy said.

"Banks have extra currency liquidity," he told reporters in Kyiv on Thursday, commenting on the raising of some $1.5 billion by the Finance Ministry.