Several large tranches of financial assistance from international partners in March improved the state of Ukraine's gold and foreign exchange reserves.
As of April 1, 2025, Ukraine's international reserves increased to $42.38 billion. The growth for the month was more than $2 billion, or 5.6%, according to the NBU website.
During the month, the NBU received $5.17 billion in foreign exchange accounts as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine initiative (using revenues from frozen Russian assets), almost $400 million from the International Monetary Fund, and about the same amount from the placement of domestic loan currency bonds.
Another tranche - a British loan worth $970 million - was not included in Ukraine's international reserves due to its intended purpose.In March, the net sale of currency under the National Bank's operations continued to decrease and amounted to $2.65 billion - 12.5% less than in the previous month.
Payments for servicing and repaying the state debt amounted to $786.7 million, and Ukraine paid another $729.2 million to the International Monetary Fund.The revaluation of financial instruments led to an increase in reserves by $409.7 million.The current level of reserves provides financing for 5.2 months of future imports.
Source: https://finance.liga.net/ua/bank/novosti/mizhnarodni-rezervy-nbu-za-misiats-zrosly-bilshe-nizh-na-2-mlrd-z-chym-tse-poviazano
