Bondholders to Push Ukraine to Resume Debt Payments After Hiatus (www.wsj.com)

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A group of foreign holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds intends to seek from Kiev the resumption of interest payments on government debt as early as 2025. This is according to WSJ citing informed sources.

The creditors' committee includes BlackRock and Pimco, which account for about 20% of Ukraine's outstanding $20 billion Eurobonds.

According to the bondholders, Ukraine, which received $60.6 billion in aid from the United States , could agree to forgive part of the debt in exchange for the resumption of interest payments of up to $500 million a year. Some creditors have already discussed these plans with Ukrainian authorities. Kiev hopes to involve Washington and other allies in the work.

However, the United States and its partners are concerned that bailouts for Ukraine will end up with bondholders if Kyiv starts servicing its debt again. Countries have granted debt holidays of about $4 billion until 2027.

If the deal is not concluded, Ukraine may face default in August after the expiration of the holiday for bondholders. This will make it difficult for it to continue to attract loans on the market.

Initially, creditors agreed to a two-year deferment, believing that the conflict would end by 2024. Despite the protracted nature of the situation, they hope for the stabilization of Ukraine’s finances thanks to the support of the West. 🤡

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[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

it would be economically unstable rump state that’s going to require billions in constant funding to prop it up

Would also be a perfect camping ground for terrorist training and organising weapons transfer for later attacks on Russian civilians.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That's unfortunately a possibility, although I expect nationalists will feel rather betrayed by the west when this is all over.

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