Since the beginning of the year, the Cabinet of Ministers has attracted more than UAH 100 billion from the sale and exchange of government bonds
During the first quarter of 2025, the Ukrainian government raised almost 104 billion hryvnias from the sale and exchange of domestic state loan bonds (OVDP), which were sold at auctions. In general, since the beginning of martial law, the amount of funds raised has exceeded 1.56 trillion hryvnias. About this reported press service of the National Bank of Ukraine.
According to the data of the NBU Depository, in January-March 2025, it was possible to attract 76 billion hryvnias, 455.8 million US dollars and 191.4 million euros. At the same time, 83.3 billion hryvnias, 671.7 million dollars and 319.7 million euros were allocated to payments for state securities. In March, the maximum yield of OVDP was 17.45% per annum in hryvnias, 4.5% in US dollars and 3.25% in euros.
In February 2025, the Ministry of Finance received expanded tools for managing the domestic public debt. In particular, the National Bank introduced a mechanism for placement of OVDP bonds with the possibility of simultaneous exchange for already issued bonds in circulation.
Banks-primary dealers continue to hold the largest share among owners of military bonds. In second place is the portfolio of citizens and Ukrainian businesses, the volume of which as of April 1, 2025 reached 181 billion hryvnias equivalent. Over the year, this indicator increased almost 1.7 times, compared to 107.8 billion hryvnias on the same date in 2024.
We will remind that in February, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption updated the requirements for declaring income from the OVDP. From now on, the amount of returned nominal value of bonds and the amount of interest received on them are separately indicated in the declaration as different types of income.
