KIEV, Feb. 17 - Ukraine placed a new issue of 10-year eurobonds worth $1.5 billion at 7.95% pa on Wednesday, an informed market source told Interfax.

Yield guidance was 8% when the bid book opened.

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and VTB Capital were the bookrunners.

VTB Capital said in a statement that it had successfully placed a $1.5-billion Ukrainian sovereign Eurobond with a yield of 7.95% and a 10-year tenor.