This figure was announced by the former Minister of Economy of Ukraine Viktor Suslov, speaking at a press conference in Kiev. He noted that for 10 months of 2017 the country's foreign debt increased by $ 3.8 billion. "It is pertinent to recall that the external debt of the commercial sector, which is overdue, has increased by 20.7 billion dollars in the last two years. This means that a huge number of our commercial banks, industrial enterprises are not only unable to pay debts, but also overdue them by 20 billion. This creates a potential huge demand for currency, which has led and will continue to lead to major corporate defaults in the Ukrainian economy, "said Suslov. According to the economist, the volume of short-term debt, which must be paid before the end of the third quarter of next year, remains at the level of 51 billion dollars. He also warned about the inevitable devaluation of the hryvnia. "They can not be paid at all, we do not have any reserves.

It is clear that this amount has FIG debts to its off-shores, there are other debts, but still the data I gave earlier show that the problem with debts becomes catastrophic. And in this regard, the devaluation of the hryvnia is inevitable, it has already begun and will continue. References to the fact that this is a seasonal devaluation, look quite naive. Seasonally fall leaves fell from trees. But to say that seasonally so began to build up debts - no, this is the result of all previous policies, "summed up Suslov.

Original article: In 2018 Ukraine must pay 51 billion dollars of external debts.