Ukraine unveils banknote to mark anniversary of Russia’s war: ‘Year of emotions’ – National | 24CA News

Ukraine‘s central financial institution unveiled a commemorative banknote on Thursday to mark the primary anniversary of Russia‘s invasion, with one aspect depicting three troopers elevating the nationwide flag.

The different aspect of the 20-hryvnia ($0.54) observe options a picture of two fingers tied with tape, an obvious allusion to alleged struggle crimes Kyiv has accused Russian forces of committing in Ukraine. Moscow has denied the allegations.

“To mark the anniversary of the war, we decided to launch a commemorative banknote which will depict on a small piece of paper a year of emotions, patterns, content and iconic things,” Andriy Pyshnyi, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, mentioned throughout a presentation on the central financial institution in Kyiv.

The central financial institution has labored laborious for the reason that full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 final 12 months to maintain the financial system afloat and preserve stability.

Last summer time, it pegged the hryvnia at 36.57 to the greenback, and it has intervened commonly on the international alternate market to assist the forex.

Thanks to billions of {dollars} in international help from Western companions, Ukraine’s laborious forex reserves have grown to just about $30 billion, barely increased than initially of the struggle.

Ukraine has additionally imposed sanctions on Russian monetary establishments.

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Pyshnyi mentioned the brand new observe, which accommodates modern security measures, could have a circulation of 300,000.

Central financial institution officers mentioned it took about eight months to design and produce the observe, and the financial institution plans a collection of commemorative notes to supply a visible file of the struggle.

They mentioned they had been already planning new notes to commemorate victory and Ukraine’s reconstruction.

“During this year, Ukrainians have realized their force, their significance, their ability not only to withstand but also to win, to win without forgiving a single military crime, a single ruined house,” Pyshnyi mentioned. “This victory will be at a very high price but it will happen and it will be ours.”

(Reporting by Valentyn Ogirenko, Writing by Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy Heritage)