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epa01515207 A general view of the National Bank of Ukraine building in Kiev, Ukraine, 09 October 2008. Ukraine's already-unstable banking sector appeared even more shaky on 09 October with dozens of banks applying formally for government assistance. A total of 25 loan institutions have filed requests for low-interest credits or other state financing, said Anatoly Shapovalov, a spokesman for the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), according to an Interfax news agency report. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO