KYIV, Jan 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine’s foreign exchange reserves rose 6% over the past 12 months to $30.941 billion after the government had resorted to massive borrowing to support the ailing economy, NBU’s data show.

Ukraine’s public debt rose 10% to $92.5 billion as of June 30, 2021, up from $84.2 billion as of November 30, 2020, according to the Finance Ministry’s data. Ukraine’s debt was up 18% in the past two years, the data showed.