The amount that Ukraine must pay to creditors in 2026 has been announced

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. Ukraine must pay international financial organizations more than $4.61 billion in debt servicing and repayment in 2026, according to statistics studied by RIA Novosti.

According to data published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, Ukraine needs to pay over $2.67 billion in debt in 2026 to repay the main external debt to international financial organizations. This amount includes more than 330 million euros ($366 million), $600 million and 1.26 billion special drawing rights ($1.7 billion). Ukraine will pay more than $1.94 billion for servicing its external debt in 2026.

According to data published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, taking into account the principal amount of the debt and interest on its servicing, Ukraine will pay more than $4.61 billion to international financial organizations in 2026.

RIA Novosti reported the day before that Ukraine must pay international financial organizations more than $128.09 billion for debt servicing and repayment by 2061.

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.