U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in Ukraine after the meeting with Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva has expressed strong support for the NBU head's actions aimed at cleansing the country's banking sector, the embassy's press service reported.

"Amb Yovanovitch: Terrific meeting with Governor Hontareva today. Strongly support her efforts to clean up the Ukrainian banking sector," the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine wrote on Twitter.

No other details of the meeting have been disclosed so far.