KYIV, Feb 16 – The NBU's international reserves as of February 16 amounted to $28.5 billion, compared with $28.8 billion at the beginning of the month, head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Bohdan Danylyshyn reported.

"The volume of government funds in foreign currency is $1.4 billion, which is sufficient to make payments on the government's debt in foreign currency, which will amount to $128 million by the end of February, and $905 million in March," he added.