KIEV, Nov. 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine is considering conducting new stress tests at Ukrainian banks to determine the level of their potential financial stability in unfavorable conditions, the director of the chief banking supervision department at the NBU, Oleksiy Tkachenko, said.

"The opportunities of carrying out additional stress tests are being considered. This is under discussion now," he told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

The official said that the state of systemic banks of the country was no cause for alarm.