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Ukraine's ballooning debt, explained

Ukraine's debt is ballooning. By the end of last year, the country owed over $213 billion to creditors — a hair's breadth away from the size of the country's entire economy. That doesn't include a new 90-billion-euro loan to Kyiv agreed by European leaders at a summit on Dec. 19, of which a sizable chunk will add to Ukraine's debt pile. As Russia's full-scale invasion approaches its fifth year and progress towards a peace deal remains uncertain, the anticipated postwar reconstruction boom is o

A Ukrainian flag flies above the headquarters of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 8, 2017.

Ukraine war latest: Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals

Key developments on Feb. 10 * Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals, Ukraine says; * More arms purchases for Ukraine under NATO-led PURL initiative on the way; * 11-year-old child killed alongside mother after Russia strikes Sloviansk with glide bombs; * Japan to join NATO-led initiative to purchase US weapons for Ukraine * 'Second stage' of Ukrainian military's corps reform underway, Syrskyi says Russia is coercing the families of Ukrainian prisoners

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