In February, the National Bank spent more than 220 million dollars to support the hryvnia

That was stated in the notice of the NBU.
The regulator reported that in February the NBU sold on the interbank market 223.3 million dollarsmore than purchased.
According to the NBU, the sale of currency in February 2013 rose to 586.7 million dollars.
As reported, in December 2012, President Viktor Yanukovych said that changing the engines ofeconomic development would require strict control of the currency market in order to avoidspeculation.