OREANDA-NEWS. June 02, 2008. Based on data of the Finance Ministry, Ukraine reduced its foreign debt by 1,1 percent or by USD 119,5 million in April making USD 10,889 billion as of April 30.

The direct internal debt is UAH 17,468 billion.

An overall size of the direct state debt totaled UAH 72,468 billion or USD 14, 348 billion as of April 30.

An overall size of the secured state debt was UAH 16,451 billion (USD 3,258 billion) as of April 30, including secured foreign debt of UAH 3,059.5 billion, secured internal debt - UAH 1,000.9 billion (USD 198,2 million).

In 2007, Ukraine direct foreign debt went up by 8 percent on average from USD 9,803 billion to USD 10,592 billion, direct internal debt grew by 7,2 percent to UAH 17,806 billion, while an overall size of the state debt increased by 7,8 percent from UAH 66,114 billion to UAH 71,294 billion.