The National Bank and the Security Service must immediately respond. You must show no mercy to such scavengers. These are criminals who assassin on the hryvnia," the president said.

In Raevskyi's opinion, Ukrprombank will be recapitalized in two or three months.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.60-7.66 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then declined to 7.59-7.64 UAH/USD, and stood at the level of 7.60-7.63 UAH/USD by the end of the trading.

During the previous trading day, the NBU increased the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market by 0.03 kopeck to 7.6185 UAH/USD for June 1.

We've showed certain weakness and did not make our monetary policy more severe. Refinancing rates should have been raised. Also were delays with imposition of provisional administration," he said.