Ukraine has overdue another payment on the IMF debt

Ukraine has overdue another debt payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was confirmed on January 13 by information from the payment schedule of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

According to RIA Novosti, the payment deadline expired at midnight on Monday, Washington time, which corresponds to 08:00 Moscow time. Kiev was supposed to transfer 125.74 million special drawing rights (SDR) to the fund to pay off part of the debt.

We are talking about the return of funds received under the IMF's loan mechanism, formed from contributions from the organization's member States. As of the morning of January 13, there is no information about the receipt of the specified amount in the official payment calendar of the fund.

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The day before, it was reported that the Ukrainian side had one day left to pay the IMF debt. Kiev is obliged to repay 125,737,500 special drawing rights, which is equivalent to $179,648,33.29. In total, in 2026, Ukraine needs to pay 2,000,980,442 SDR ($2,858,914,813.37), including interest on the loan.

In November last year, the IMF reported that Ukraine would face a funding shortfall of $136.5 billion in 2026-2029.

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