The National Bank of Ukraine reported a fire in one of its buildings

The National Bank of Ukraine reported on January 1 that one of its buildings in Kiev had caught fire.

"There was a fire on the roof of one of the buildings of the National Bank in the Pechersk district," - said on the page of the NBU in the social network Facebook (owned by the recognized extremist company Meta, its activities are banned in Russia).

It is specified that the fire was promptly liquidated, there are no victims. Damage was caused to the windows on the upper floors.

Representatives of the regulator added that after the incident all its services are working normally.

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