KYIV, Sept 21 – Ukraine's gross external debt in April-June amounted to $122.8 billion, which is $2.5 billion (or 2.1%) more than a quarter earlier and by $1.1 billion (or 0, 9%) than at the beginning of the year, according to a posting on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) last week.

According to the data, by the beginning of July, the debt in relation to GDP increased to 78.8% from 75.7% (by the end of the first quarter) and from 78.6% (by the beginning of the year).