OREANDA-NEWS. March 26, 2008.  In February, Ukraine's direct foreign debt increased by 3.23 percent or by USD 343 million making USD 10,968 million, the Finance Ministry reported.

Direct internal debt went up by 0.33 percent or by UAH 57 million totaling UAH 483 million (USD 3,462 million).

Overall size of Ukraine's guaranteed public dept is UAH 17,188 million (USD 3,404 million), including guaranteed foreign debt - UAH 16,187 million (USD 3,205 million), guaranteed internal debt - UAH 1,001 million (USD 198.2 million).

Direct and guaranteed public debt made UAH 90,059 million (USD 17,843 million).

In 2007, Ukraine's direct foreign debt surged by 8 percent from USD 9,803.2 million to USD 591.7 million, direct internal debt - by 7.2 percent from USD 16,607.7 million to USD 806.4 million, while the overall size of public debt went up by 7.8 percent from UAH 66,113.8 million to UAH 71,294.3 million (USD 1 -UAH 5.05).