KIEV, Nov. 1 - The debt of the Ukrainian public for housing and utilities services grew by 26.6% in September compared to August and amounted to UAH 12.038 billion, the State Statistics Service said.

The service said that the indicator does not include the public debt owed for housing and utilities services in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol and part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone. Data on Donetsk and Luhansk regions could be specified.