REUTERS
Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in July 2017 rose by 1.4%, or US$1.05 billion, to $76.06 billion as of July 31, according to the Finance Ministry's website.
The total sum of the debt in the hryvnia equivalent for the said period shrank by 0.7%, or UAH 13.33 billion, to UAH 1.971 trillion.
According to the given data, the state and state guaranteed debt in January-July 2017 grew by 7.2% (US$5.09 billion) in the dollar equivalent, or by 2.1% (UAH 41.34 billion) in the hryvnia equivalent.
Read alsoUkraine's international reserves exceed $18 blnAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in June 2017 rose by 5.7%, to $75.01 billion as of June 30.
The country's national budget for 2017 projects state and government-guaranteed debt at UAH 2.296 trillion by the end of the year.