KYIV, Sept 19 - The government borrowing plan for 2022, submitted by the government to the Verkhovna Rada along with the draft state budget, involves the issue of eurobonds with a maturity of 5-15 years for the equivalent of $1.5 billion, or UAH 42.9 billion.

According to the document, the weighted average interest rate on them is about 7.5%.

In addition, the government plans to raise the equivalent of almost $2.9 billion, or UAH 82.7 billion from the International Monetary Fund, within the framework of external borrowings to finance the deficit of the general fund in 2022, without specifying whether it is a new program, the extended Stand-By Arrangement, or the use of SDR1.93 billion ($2.74 billion) received in August this year under the new SDR allocation.