Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile View Post
So, what am I missing here?
That somebody would need to give Ukraine a large credit funds and those funds are usually given in exchange for some political and economical decisions.
Right now the EU and IMF are not very happy with Ukraine
Ukraine preparing for war despite peace talks | News | DW.DE | 06.01.2015

So if Ukraine defaults the EU, IMF, Russia and the US will have much more leverage on Ukrainian political and economical decisions