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Russia must withdraw from Ukraine: Kuleba
KYIV, June 17 - Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday he welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's tough messaging when he met President Vladimir Putin this week and said now was the time to make Russia withdraw from Ukraine, Reuters reported. 00:47 | More

Shmyhal files lawsuit to challenge NACP order seeking Vitrenko’s dismissal
KYIV, June 17 - Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal filed a lawsuit to challenge an order from the anti-corruption agency to terminate Yuriy Vitrenko as the CEO of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the Kyiv District Administrative Court reported late Wednesday. 00:46 | More

Ukraine improves standing in Global Peace Index, report shows
KYIV, June 17 – Ukraine's score in Global Peace Index in 2020 improved by 0.22 or 7.6%, to 2.66, which recorded the largest increase in peacefulness globally among 163 countries, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) report posted by the London-based Institute for Economics and Peace on Thursday. 00:44 | More

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the start of a new project to create a new format of hospitals in each region of Ukraine that will meet the best world standards. He said this during the celebrations on the occasion of the Day of the Medical Worker of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Ukraine still on course to raise UAH 12-bln from selling state assets
KYIV, June 17 – The delay in the legislative unblocking of large-scale privatization led to the postponement of tenders for a number of objects to 2022, however, provided there are no bureaucratic obstacles, the prepared objects are enough for the receipt of UAH 12 billion planned in the 2021 state budget, Head of the State Property Fund (SPF) Dmytro Sennychenko has said. 00:42 | More

IN FOCUS	Ukraine worries about Biden-Putin summit KYIV, June 14 - Ukraine’s president said he was concerned that this week’s US-Russia summit will not produce concrete results and will leave Ukraine in an uncertain position, AP reported. 17:40 \| More
Biden, Putin make little progress at summit GENEVA, June 16 – U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said they found some common ground on minor issues at their first face-to-face summit while major differences that have brought bilateral ties to one of their lowest points since the Cold War remain. 09:53 \| 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