LONDON, Sept. 25 – Fitch Ratings on Thursday revised Ukraine’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable,’ citing the threat of a currency crisis that may be caused by widening current account deficit.

Fitch also affirmed Ukraine’s long-term foreign and local Issuer Default (IDRs) ‘BB minus’ and at short-term foreign currency IDR ‘B’. The agency also affirmed the Country Ceiling at ‘BB minus.’