KYIV, Jan 9 – The privatization of state-controlled banks, the number of which has increased to five, and the market share in terms of assets to 56% based on the results of January-September 2023, can begin even before the end of the war, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kateryna Rozhkova has said.

"If some of the institutional investors, large investors, become interested in buying one of the state-owned banks, then I would not wait for it (the end of the war)," she said on the "We are Ukraine" TV channel.