KIEV, Dec. 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine in December bought $300 million on the interbank currency market, and since early 2009 the NBU spent $10.836 billion to support the hryvnia, Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine said.

"The situation [on the currency market] is close to stabilization," he said, adding that if last year the hryvnia devaluation was 52.4%, this year the national currency was reinforced by 3.5%.