Ukrainian economic expert Yuri Gavrilechko said that Kiev could stop paying its foreign debts due to the current situation against the backdrop of Russia's "invasion". This is reported in his column for Glavred.

He drew attention to the fact that prior to this, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Washington's proposal to provide Ukraine with guarantees of sovereign loans to support the program of economic reforms and interaction with the International Monetary Fund.

“That is, it is essentially a guarantee loan for Ukraine to return what it took from the IMF. Accordingly, like everything that we took from the IMF, these guarantees will not affect the development of the economy in any way. But on the contrary, it will affect its decline, because if you take money that does not develop, then they ruin it, ”Gavrilechko specified.

According to the economist, all loans previously provided to Ukraine only harmed the country's economy.

“After all, the threat of an “invasion” is a force majeure, and since we are informed about this, Ukraine believes this, and this means that they will not see the borrowed person in the West until this threat passes,” he admitted. is he.

Gavrilechko also added that the suspension of payments would help the Ukrainian economy and would have a positive impact on the budget.

“And since the standard of living in Ukraine has been declining since industrial production has declined, we will continue to fall,” the specialist concluded.

The West has repeatedly accused Russia of the impending "invasion" of the territory of Ukraine. As an argument, Western politicians use the fact that Russia has allegedly increased its presence in the areas bordering Ukraine - up to 125 thousand soldiers. Moscow denied such versions.

Earlier, Blinken thanked Poland for helping Americans leaving Ukraine.

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