Ukraine’s central bank abruptly reversed a far-reaching ban on foreign-currency purchases Feb. 26, one day after imposing the measures in an attempt to halt the hryvnia currency’s free fall.
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A pedestrian walks past a board listing foreign currency rates against the Ukrainian hryvnia outside an exchange office in Kyiv on Feb. 23.
