OREANDA-NEWS. August 05, 2009. The Government has reduced the debt of Ukraine by half a billion dollars. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko stated at a press conference today.

“The Government has paid half a billion dollars of its sovereign debt,” Yulia Tymoshenko underlined.

“This is just the case when we shorten foreign debts of Ukraine and will further reduce them systematically as Ukraine will be getting out of the crunch,” the Premier assured.