KYIV, Sept 19 – The volume of Ukraine's gross external debt during the second quarter of this year increased by $8.8 billion and at the end of the six months amounted to $148.6 billion, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

"Relative to GDP, debt increased from 90.5% to 92.7%," the central bank said.

At the same time, the external debt of the public sector in the second quarter of 2023 increased by $8.4 billion to $84.5 billion (52.7% of GDP), while the debt of the private sector increased by $0.4 billion to $64.1 billion (40% GDP).