KYIV - Ukraine's central bank said on Wednesday that it may consider changing its key interest rate for the first time since the start of the war at a monetary policy meeting on June 2.

Ukraine froze its key interest rate at 10% following Russia's invasion on Feb. 24. But now "the financial system and the economy are gradually returning to market principles," the bank said in an emailed statement.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Toby Chopra)