REUTERS
Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in January-March 2017 rose by US$1.38 billion, or 1.9%, to $72.35 billion, as of March 31, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's website.
The debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review increased by UAH 22.04 billion, or 1.1%, to UAH 1.952 trillion.
Read alsoDeficit of Ukraine's budget shrinks by almost 8% in Q1 2017As UNIAN reported earlier, the total amount of Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in 2016 increased by 8.3%, to $70.97 billion, while in the hryvnia equivalent, it grew by 22.7%, to UAH 1.930 trillion.
Ukraine's national budget for 2017 forecasts the state and government-guaranteed debt at UAH 2.296 trillion at year-end.