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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020

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Iran says two missiles hit Ukrainian plane
KYIV, Jan 21 - Iran has confirmed that two Tor-M1 surface-to-air missiles were fired at the Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran earlier this month, BBC reported. 17:25 | More

Most Ukrainians want Ukraine to join EU, not Russia-led union, poll shows
KYIV, Jan 21 – The majority of Ukrainians say that Ukraine should move towards joining the European Union, according to the results of a nationwide poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation jointly with the Sociological Service of the Razumkov Center that were presented in Kyiv on Tuesday. 17:24 | More

Moody’s praises Ukraine’s 2025 strategy to reform banking sector
KYIV, Jan 21 – Ukraine’s strategy to reform financial sector through 2025 will strengthen the resilience of the banking system to economic shocks and will improve its assets, the Moody's rating agency said. 17:23 | More

The Head of State said that there were currently 10 Ukrainian specialists in Iran working on the identification and return of the bodies of the dead to Ukraine. "Currently, several of our citizens have been identified," Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted. (Photo by Presidential press service.)

SPF to select advisors for privatization of power generator Centrenergo
KYIV, Jan 21 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has issued an order to create a tender commission to select advisers for privatization of Centrenergo, the SPF press service said. 16:49 | More

IN FOCUS	Nations mull legal action against Iran KYIV, Jan 13 - Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action, Ukraine’s foreign minister told Reuters. 20:36 \| More
Iran makes arrests in Ukraine plane downing KYIV, Jan 14 - Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error, Reuters reported. 13:44 \| 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