MOSCOW, Aug. 12 - Moody's Investors Service has confirmed, with a positive outlook, the B2 long-term foreign-currency deposit ratings of 22 Ukrainian banks.

The ratings of foreign currency debt instruments issued by five Ukrainian banks have also been confirmed, with a positive outlook.

This rating action has been triggered by confirmation, with a positive outlook, of the B1 foreign- and local-currency government bond ratings, the B2 country's foreign-currency ceilings for bank deposits and the Ba3 country ceiling for foreign currency bonds.