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Ukraine’s External State Debt Explodes 24-Fold Since West-Fomented Euromaidan

Sputnik – 23.08.2026

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 billion
  • The country’s external debt continues to soar: in June of this year alone, it increased by $1.76 billion
  • External indebtedness currently accounts for 78.5% of total state debt

Statistical 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 billion
  • By June 2026, the total debt had increased 16.2 times, exceeding $211.6 billion

The 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.

August 23, 2026 - Posted by | Corruption, Economics |

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