KIEV, Feb. 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine has toughened measures to prevent capital outflow to Russia as the aggressor state, the central bank reported on its website.

"From now on the NBU has the right not to issue personal licenses for some currency transactions if the regulator reveals information that the participant of the transaction is a person who lives in the country which is declared the aggressor state y the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine," the NBU said.