Ukraine's state debt grew more than 16-fold since end of 2013

Ukraine's state debt has grown more than 16 times since the end of 2013, increasing by $199 billion, according to TASS calculations based on data from the country's Ministry of Finance.

As of the end of December 2013, Ukraine's total external and internal state debt at the current exchange rate of the National Bank of Ukraine amounted to $13 billion; as of June 30, it reached nearly $212 billion.