KYIV, Oct 5 – Bankers hope for a quick appointment of a new head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to replace Kyrylo Shevchenko, who announced his resignation on October 4, and expect the regulator to maintain a consistent course even after the new appointment, according to a poll by bankers.

"I don't think that any radical changes in the strategy of the National Bank should be expected in the conditions of war. The entire system of governing the country in the current situation is more or less subordinated to a single common goal. Under these conditions, one can hardly speak of full-fledged freedom of decision-making by individual state authorities. In other words, I do not expect any "revolution"," Ivan Svitek, the head of the board of Unex Bank, said.