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Germany delivers Leopard tanks to Ukraine
KYIV, March 27 - Germany has delivered promised Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, providing Kyiv with much-needed heavy weaponry against Russia, AFP reported Monday. 16:44 | More

Creditors provide guarantees for IMF-supported EFF program for Ukraine
KYIV, March 27 – After a meeting with representatives of the IMF and the World Bank on March 23, the group of creditors of Ukraine (GCU) provided financial guarantees for a new IMF-supported EFF program for Ukraine, IMF Deputy Executive Director Vladyslav Rashkovan said. 16:42 | More

Ukraine’s 2022 industrial output down 36.9% on year amid war
KYIV, March 27 – Industrial production in Ukraine in 2022 fell by 36.9%, while in 2021 an increase of 1.9% was recorded, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported on Monday. The statistical office said that in December 2022 compared with December 2021, industrial production in Ukraine decreased by 44.1%, while in November the decline was 41.9%, and in October it was 41.6%. 16:40 | More

Ukrainian army, hospitals receive portable generators in massive donation from the U.S. The shipment of 12,000 generators is handled by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, or UCCA, as part of a major humanitarian assistance. (Photo: Ukrainian Journal)

Ukraine’s steel sector won’t recover until seaports liberated: Metinvest
KYIV, March 27 – Ukraine’s metallurgical industry will recover only after the ports are unblocked – the opening of seaports not only for grain, but also for steel exports, could bring Ukraine up to $600 million in foreign currency proceeds every month, according to the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group. 16:39 | More

IN FOCUS	Ukraine prepares counterassault in Bakhmut KYIV, March 24 - Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will soon launch a counterassault as Russia's huge winter offensive weakens without capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukraine's top ground forces commander said. 11:51 \| More
Ukraine slams “Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” KYIV, March 26 - Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. 01:20 \| 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