UKRAINE'S NATIONAL DEBT EXCEEDS $200 BILLION

KYIV, OCTOBER 31 /SRNA/ - Ukraine's external and domestic public debt stood at 9,538.35 billion hryvnias /approximately 212.6 billion dollars/ as of September 30, according to data from the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

Of that amount, 9,287.15 billion hryvnias were direct public debt, while 251.2 billion hryvnias were debt guaranteed by the state.

According to data from the end of September 2006, Ukraine's total public debt stood at approximately 73.29 billion hryvnias, the Finance portal reported.

This means that the amount of public debt has increased almost 130-fold over the past 20 years, Sputnik reported.

The Finance Ministry said that the total amount of public debt and state-guaranteed debt decreased by 64.68 billion hryvnias in September this year compared to August 2026.

According to the ministry's data, Ukraine will have to repay nearly 138.9 billion dollars to the International Monetary Fund /IMF/ and the World Bank between 2026 and 2061, including principal repayments and debt servicing costs.

Of that amount, Kyiv is due to repay app