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Bank branches and offices will operate as usual.
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Yakiv Smolii, has assured Ukrainians that the introduction of martial law will not affect the operation of the country's banking system.
“I'd like to say that the decisions that will be made [on the introduction of martial law] will in no way affect operations of the banking system," Smolii said during the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council overnight Monday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
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"Bank branches and offices will operate as usual, while the decision will not affect the work of the banks," the NBU governor said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian coast guard ships opened fire on a group of vessels of the Ukrainian Navy – two small-sized 'Berdiansk' and 'Nikopol' armored artillery boats and the 'Yany Kapu' tugboat – as they were leaving the Kerch Strait on Sunday evening. Prior to that, on Sunday morning, the 'Yany Kapu' (Yani Qapi) tugboat of Ukraine's Navy was rammed by a Russian coast guard ship while the Ukrainian vessels were carrying out a planned transfer from the port of Odesa to the port of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov.
At the NSDC meeting in the early hours of Monday, President Petro Poroshenko spoke in favor of introducing martial law in Ukraine for the period of 60 days, submitting the decision for Parliament consideration. The Verkhovna Rada will convene for an extraordinary meeting at 16:00 on Monday, Nov 26.