KYIV, Dec 30 – Interventions by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on the interbank market reached a record high this past week, amounting to $1.6259 billion – the largest since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, according to statistics from the central bank.

The data shows that the NBU increased its foreign currency sales by 14.7% compared to the previous week, while refraining from currency purchases. Furthermore, the negative balance between the volume of foreign currency bought and sold by the population narrowed from $66.07 million to $61.54 million.