OREANDA-NEWS. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine paid off the second issue of bonds of an external state loan under the guarantee of the United States of America for a total amount of more than 1 billion US dollars. Eurobonds were issued in 2015 at 1.847 % per annum.

“This is the second of three issues under the US guarantee made in 2014–2016 at a rate of less than 2 % per annum, the first of which was paid in May 2019,” the statement of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine says.

It is known that the redemption of Eurobonds issued in 2016 is scheduled for September 2021.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Great Britain began hearings on a dispute between Russia and Ukraine on Eurobonds for 3 billion dollars not paid by Kiev.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyghal reported that this year Kiev needs to pay off a total of 3.5 billion dollars of external debts and 5.5 billion dollars of domestic debts.