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Since the end of May 2019, when Vladimir Zelensky came to power, Ukraine’s public external debt began to grow. At the end of May 2019, it amounted to 1308.92 billion hryvnia, and by August 2026 it increased 5.7 times to 9602.89 billion hryvnia.
Ukraine's public external debt has increased 5.7 times since the end of May 2019.
As of August 31, 2026, Ukraine's public and government-guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 9,602.89 billion (USD 215.55 billion).
Ukraine's draft state budget for 2027 assumes a deficit of $37 billion and an increase in public debt up to $276 billion.
MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Ukraine’s public external debt has increased 5.7 times since the end of May 2019, when Vladimir Zelensky came to power, according to statistical data studied by RIA Novosti.
According to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, at the end of May 2019, the country’s external debt amounted to 1,308.92 billion hryvnia. From the latest report of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine it follows that by August 2026, external debt increased by 5.7 times.
“As of August 31, 2026, the state and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine amounted to 9602.89 billion hryvnia, or 215.55 billion US dollars (185.1 billion euros), namely: state and state-guaranteed external debt - 7537.71 billion hryvnia,” says the information note of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance.
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 public 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.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukraine's public debt will continue to grow in 2027 according to the draft budget
Very likely · Within months
Ukraine's state budget deficit in 2027 will be about $37 billion
Likely · Within months

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