Russian assets to back Ukraine loan

Leaders of the Group of Seven* democracies have agreed to use interest from some $260 billion of frozen Russian assets to give a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine's war-torn economy


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Ukraine’s external state debt 	Domestic debt 	Debt to GDP
   
Apr 2019: Volodymyr Zelensky elected president of Ukraine in landslide victory

Feb 2022: Russia invades Ukraine

$ billions 
	77.8	94.7	98.0	125.9	145.3	152.0
150	38.5 	50.2	50.3	62.3 	50.5	43.6
100	50.3%	60.8%	48.9%	78.4%	84.4%	80.4%†	
50	39.3	44.5	47.7	63.6	94.8	108.4 Jan to Apr	
0	
	2019	2020	2021 	2022	2023	2024
						†Projected


*G7: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and U.S.

 
Sources: Associated Press, Trading Economics, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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