Since the beginning of this year, #Ukraine has paid $4.81 billion toward servicing and repaying its national debt , according to TASS calculations. The largest portion of the funds, $1.587 billion, was paid to the IMF. Ukraine spent $3.224 billion on payments to the World Bank, on foreign-currency government bonds, to the #EU, and to other creditors. Ukraine’s national debt continues to break records. As of the end of August, it stood at approximately $218-219 billion