KYIV, Jan 9 – Ukraine's international reserves in 2019 increased by 22% and amounted to $25.3 billion as of January 1, 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported Thursday.

"This amount of reserves not only exceeded the latest forecast of the National Bank ($23 billion in equivalent, according to the Inflation Report for October 2019), but also reached a seven-year high: the last time a greater volume was recorded back in December 2012," the NBU said.