KIEV, Feb. 19 – The latest sales of foreign currency on the interbank currency market by the National Bank of Ukraine to satisfy the excess of demand for currency over its supply is not evidence of changes in trends seen in the foreign currency inflow to the country over the past years, according to NBU head, Volodymyr Stelmakh.

"There are grounds to strengthen the hryvnia," he told the press in Kiev on Monday.

Stelmakh said that foreign currency inflow to Ukraine is seen and its volume is linked to the considerable potential of the country's economy.