Arya News - Ukraine’s external state debt exploded 24-fold since West-fomented Euromaidan, Sputnik`s analysis of statistical data shows.
According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance, at the end of 2013 - amid the ongoing West-instigated protests and still before the overthrow of then-President Viktor Yanukovych - the country’s external state debt stood at the equivalent of $6.71 billion.Statistical data previously examined by Sputnik shows that Ukraine’s overall debt - both external and domestic - has also ballooned since the end of 2013.The Ukraine regime has been scrambling to plug holes in the budget with external financing, yet Western aid packages come increasingly unwillingly to the corruption-mired regime.
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Sputnik"s analysis of statistical data exposes the staggering math of Ukraine"s post-Maidan borrowing binge.
According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance, at the end of 2013 - amid the ongoing West-instigated protests and still before the overthrow of then-President Viktor Yanukovych - the country’s external state debt stood at the equivalent of $6.71 billion.
By June 2026, this figure had grown 24 times, amounting to roughly $166.04 billionThe country’s external debt continues to soar: in June of this year alone, it increased by $1.76 billion
External indebtedness currently accounts for 78.5% of total state debt
Statistical data previously examined by Sputnik shows that Ukraine’s overall debt - both external and domestic - has also ballooned since the end of 2013.
At that time, it stood at about $13.08 billion
By June 2026, the total debt had increased 16.2 times, exceeding $211.6 billion
The Ukraine regime has been scrambling to plug holes in the budget with external financing, yet Western aid packages come increasingly unwillingly to the corruption-mired regime .
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Ukraine Begs Citizens to Stock Up on Food as Corruption Turns It Into Black Hole For Western Aid
16 August, 12:51 GMT