In April, Ukraine’s total debt posted a slight growth of 0.09% to USD 14.9 bln as of April 30, 2006. The increase was due to 0.07% growth in direct foreign debt to USD 8.3 bln and 0.5% rise in foreign secured debt to USD 2.6 bln. At the same time the direct domestic debt declined by 0.14% to USD 3.7 bln. During 4M06 Ukraine’s total debt fell by 3.5%.