
According to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, by 2061 the country will have to pay more than $128 billion in external public debt.
Ukraine is obliged to pay international financial organizations more than $128.09 billion until 2061 to repay and service the external public debt, according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance.
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Ukraine's public external debt has increased since May 2019.
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Ukraine must pay more than $128.09 billion to international financial organizations by 2061.
To repay the principal debt on external debt to international financial institutions, Ukraine will need to repay over $100.17 billion.
For servicing the external public debt, Ukraine must pay $27.92 billion to international financial organizations by 2061.
MOSCOW, October 11 - RIA Novosti. Ukraine must pay international financial organizations more than $128.09 billion in debt servicing and repayment by 2061, according to statistics studied by RIA Novosti.
According to data published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, in order to repay the principal debt on external debt to international financial institutions, Ukraine will need to repay over $100.17 billion in debt. This amount includes 59.73 billion euros, 21.28 billion dollars and 9.4 billion special drawing rights ($12.7 billion). Separately, Ukraine needs to pay a total of $27.92 billion to international financial organizations for servicing its external public debt by 2061.
In total, taking into account the principal amount of the debt and interest on its servicing, Ukraine needs to pay more than $128.09 billion to international financial organizations by 2061.
According to internal documents of the International Monetary Fund, further payments totaling a quarter of a billion dollars were expected from Kyiv this week.
Ukraine's public external debt has increased 5.7 times since the end of May 2019, when Vladimir Zelensky came to power. At the same time, Ukraine’s external debt currently amounts to 78.5% of the total public debt. In May 2019 it was 62.14%.
According to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the country's national debt by the end of this year will reach 10,146 billion hryvnia, or $226 billion. Ukraine's draft state budget for 2027 assumes a deficit of $37 billion and an increase in public debt up to $276 billion.
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