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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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Zelenskiy enjoys strong popular support: poll
KYIV, Feb 25 – Ten months after his surprise election to the presidency, Volodymyr Zelenskiy continues to enjoy strong support from voters, indicating that his efforts to end the war and reform Ukraine resonate well with the people. 20:22 | More

Ukraine asks citizens to avoid trips to Italian regions hit by coronavirus
KYIV, Feb 24 – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry asked its citizens to avoid any traveling to Italians regions that were affected by coronavirus COVID-19. "The Ministry recommends that Ukrainian citizens temporarily refrain from traveling to the affected provinces of the Italian regions of Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont, where there is the greatest risk of infection," said in the recommendations of the Ukrainian ministry released on Monday. 20:18 | More

Ukraine’s economy to grow faster at 3.6% in 2020, Morgan Stanley says
KYIV, Feb 25 – Morgan Stanley has improved the forecast for the growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2020 to 3.6% of GDP from 3.2% of GDP in the October forecast, according to the investment bank's report. 20:09 | More

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with representatives of the country's leading business associations and urged them to join government programs for large investors. (Photo by Presidential press service.)

Ukraine to hold special information session in European Parliament
BRUSSELS, Feb 24 – Ukrainian Week will be held in the European Parliament in early March, Ukraine's Representative to the European Union, Ambassador Mykola Tochytsky said. During a press briefing in Brussels on Monday, he said that the European Parliament would host a number of the events involving representatives of the Ukrainian party from March 3 to March 5. 20:07 | More

IN FOCUS	Soldier killed as Donbas fighting escalates KYIV, Feb 18 - A Ukrainian soldier was killed and four others injured on Tuesday when heavy fighting erupted in eastern Ukraine, the country's military said, as it and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other for the flare-up, Reuters reported. 13:03 \| More
Ukraine targeted by coronavirus info war KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukraine appears to be a target of an information warfare that has led to a panic over alleged spread of coronavirus triggering clashes between protesters and police on Thursday, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said Friday. 23:23 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More