Ukraine’s External State Debt Explodes 24-Fold Since West-Fomented Euromaidan
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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 billionExternal indebtedness currently accounts for 78.5% of total state debtStatistical 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 billionBy June 2026, the total debt had increased 16.2 times, exceeding $211.6 billionThe 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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