KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine has not given up its Russian debt liabilities worth $3 billion. A moratorium on the repayment of the debt was dictated by objective circumstances and the nature of that loan, Ukraine's Ambassador-at-Large Dmytro Kuleba said.

"We haven't given up that debt: the moratorium is one thing, and the refusal to settle the issue is the other. Thus, we do not violate [international laws]," he told TV Channel 5 on Wednesday.