KIEV, May 13 – Ukraine is expected to successfully make large principal and interest repayments due over 2017-2020 of more than $20 billion, or about 21% of 2017, S&P Global Ratings reported.

"We expect that Ukraine will fulfill its short-term sovereign debt obligations in 2017 ($2.6 billion) and 2018 ($3.9 billion) given donor funds, existing foreign exchange and hryvnia balances held by The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), and the government's ability to issue in both domestic and international markets," S&P said in its overview.