The National Bank of Ukraine has preliminarily approved the purchase by TAScombank of VS Bank, which belongs to Russia's Sberbank, deputy head of the central bank Yekateryna Rozhkova has told Interfax-Ukraine.

"We did receive a package of documents for the purchase of VS Bank. We are at the final stage of analysis. The preliminary analysis shows this transaction is possible," she said on the sidelines of the annual Ukrainian Financial Forum in Odesa, organized by ICU Investment Group.