KYIV, June 4 – Ukraine's forex reserves in May 2019 will be lower over paying $1.7 billion on state debt, Head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn said.

"During the three summer months, Ukraine will need to pay out foreign debts in the amount of $1.8 billion, in September – $1.7 billion. In addition to this, nonresidents are expected to get payments on hryvnia-pegged government bonds, which they bought in January-April, approximately for the equivalent of $1 billion, with the subsequent conversion of the money received into the currency," he wrote on his Facebook page.