The hryvnia exchange rate has stabilized after a sharp drop, according to data on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine. The reference value of the exchange rate of the hryvnia to the dollar at 12:00 is 27 hryvnia 20 kopecks. Thus, the dollar has strengthened by two kopecks.
On the evening of July 1, the chairman of the National Bank, Yakov Smoliy, wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will for “systematic political pressure.” The President’s Office assured that the National Bank will remain an independent body. The next day, the dollar went up by 41 kopecks, and the euro by 66.