In November, Ukraine's direct external debt increased by 0.3%, or by 22.9 million dollars, and as of November 30 amounted to 8811.9 million dollars, reports "Ukrainian News". \n \nAccording to information from the Ministry of Finance, Ukraine's direct domestic debt in November decreased by 0.4%, or by 90.05 million hryvnias, – to 21210.95 million hryvnias. Thus, the total amount of state debt in November increased by 0.04%, or by 23.8 million hryvnias, – to 67968.8 million hryvnias. \n \nFor the entire period from January through November, external debt increased by 3% from 8554 million dollars, domestic increased by 3.35% from 20523 million hryvnias. The total amount of state debt for January-November increased by 2.8% from 66133 to 67968.8 million hryvnias. \n \nAccording to Ministry of Finance data, the increase in direct external debt in January-November is linked to the issuance during this period of eurobonds worth 1.1 billion dollars, and the increase in domestic debt – to the issuance of domestic state loan bonds to repay overdue budget arrears on value added tax totaling 1.926 billion hryvnias. \n \nRecall that in October 2004, Ukraine's external debt increased by 0.4%, or by 38 million dollars, – to 8789 million dollars, domestic decreased by 0.7%, or by 157 million hryvnias, – to 21301 million hryvnias. The total amount of state debt in October increased by 0.05%, or by 40 million hryvnias, – to 67945 million hryvnias.