Russian troops and armor reached the northern district of Kyiv, whereupon the Ukrainian government urged its citizens to make Molotov cocktails.[35] Numerous "wake-up explosion sounds" were reported.[36] The London Stock Exchange Group suspended the trading privileges of VTB Bank,[37] and the dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tether became popular amongst Ukrainians,[38] currency trading having been suspended by the Central Bank of Ukraine upon Thursday's declaration of martial law.