KYIV, April 11 – Ukraine's economy will contract 45.1% on the year in 2022 due to Russian invasion, reversing an earlier forecast of 3.2% growth, the World Bank said in its Europe and Central Asia Economic Update.

KYIV, April 11 - The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city, and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, as weeks of attacks and privation leave the bodies of Mariupol’s people “carpeted through the streets.”

KYIV, April 9 – If the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is completed, Ukraine will be irreparably weakened, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksiy Reznikov said.

WASHINGTON, April 11 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday he was concerned about the number of Russian troops amassing on the Ukrainian border and warned Moscow that “there will be consequences” for aggressive behavior, CNBC reported.

KYIV, April 10 – Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii as a member of a Ukrainian delegation on Wednesday leaves for Washington to visit the annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the press service of the NBU has said on its Facebook page.

KHARKIV, April 9 – The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is producing positive results, and Ukraine is integrating economically in the EU, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has said.

PARIS, April 10 - The two remaining candidates in Ukraine’s presidential race will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday as Paris seeks to prepare for what happens after the run-off on April 21, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing a French presidential source.

KYIV, April 10 - Ukraine has filed a protest with the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) against Russia's actions in regard to the Ukrainian vessels sailing in the Sea of Azov.

KYIV, April 10 – The ratio of Ukraine's total state debt to gross domestic product (GDP) after falling from 71.9% of GDP in 2017 to 63.9% in 2018 will decrease to 62% by the end of this year, this forecast is contained in the updated World Economic Outlook (WEO), promulgated by the International Monetary Fund.

KYIV, April 11 – Some 52% of Ukrainians hope that the situation in the country will improve somewhat after the presidential election, and positive expectations of Ukrainian citizens increased almost 1.5 times after the first round of the vote.