KYIV, June 7 – Ukraine’s foreign exchange reserves in May 2019 decreased by 5.5% to $19.402 billion due to significant repayments of government debt, according to the NBU's website.

According to the report, last month the equivalent of $1.801 billion was allocated for servicing and repaying state and state-guaranteed debt in foreign currency. In particular, $1.281 billion were payments for servicing and redeeming eurobonds and government domestic loan bonds. Some $446.5 million was paid on the obligations of the government and the NBU to the International Monetary Fund.