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Ukraine central bank buys $673 million of government war bonds

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Reuters
Published: Mar 8, 2022, 18:38 GMT+00:00

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank on Tuesday said it had bought 20 billion hryvnias ($673.40 million) of local bonds the government has put on sale to help finance the war effort.

Ukraine central bank buys $673 million of government war bonds

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank on Tuesday said it had bought 20 billion hryvnias ($673.40 million) of local bonds the government has put on sale to help finance the war effort.

The bank “will if necessary continue to finance critical government expenditures under martial law,” it said in a statement.

($1 = 29.7000 hryvnias)

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Editing by Chris Reese; Writing by Alessandra Prentice)

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