It is reported by UNIAN with reference to the department.

According to the agency, the state budget of Ukraine for January-February 2019 was made with a deficit of 13.6 billion hryvnia, which is 8.5 times more than the figure for the same period of the previous year.

It clarifies that the ministry was able to finance the deficit through internal borrowing.

In general, for two months, the ministry placed the bonds of the domestic state loan in the amount equivalent to 60.1 billion hryvnia.

On March 1, it was reported that the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine had repaid the seventh coupon on foreign government bonds (Eurobonds).