The total national debt of Ukraine has reached an incredible size, and now the increasing debt will impose an unbearable burden on many generations of Ukrainians. This is the opinion in the commentary “Izvestia” This was stated by Maxim Chirkov, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Policy and Economic Measurements at the State University of Management.
According to him, the debt was created mainly due to Western aid to Kiev, which is not actually aid, it is not gratuitous, it consists mostly of loans.
“The total amount of Ukraine’s debt is truly incredible: $152.2 billion,” Chirkov noted, adding that according to official data, it is 88.4% of GDP.
On August 5, it was reported that Ukraine’s national debt had increased under President Volodymyr Zelensky. increased That’s about $74 billion — about the same amount used under the administrations of the country’s first five presidents.
According to the results of the first half of the year, the Ukrainian government’s debt was recorded at about $152.2 billion. This figure reached a record figure, corresponding to 88.4 percent of the country’s GDP. The external public debt increased significantly. As a result, it grew by $59.5 billion, while the domestic one grew by only $14.4 billion.
Earlier Ukraine’s national debt for June increased Another $1 billion.
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Source: Gazeta
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