KYIV, April 20 – Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered major threats to global food and nutrition security, and if food prices stay this high for a year, global poverty could go up by more than 100 million, World Bank Group President David Malpass said at the U.S. Treasury's event on "Tackling Food Insecurity: The Challenge And Call To Action."

KYIV, April 20 – The Ministry of Finance expects a fall in Ukraine's GDP in 2022 ranging from 35% to 50%, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

There may be a fall from 35% to 50% in the economy this year if we take one-year outlook. The National Bank announced 41% [a fall in GDP in 2022]," he said in an interview with the Orestokratia project.

WASHINGTON, April 20 - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko walked out of a Group of 20 meeting Wednesday as Russia’s representative started talking, the Associated Press reported.

KYIV, April 20 - Russian forces tightened the noose around the defenders holed up Wednesday in a mammoth steel plant that represented the last known Ukrainian stronghold in Mariupol, as a fighter apparently on the inside pleaded on a video for help: “We may have only a few days or hours left.”

KYIV, April 19 – The Ministry of Finance is counting on the completion of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July and the allocation of a tranche in September this year, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said.

KYIV, April 20 – The United States announced that it will provide $155 million in additional development funding to Ukraine through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the lives of the Ukrainian people, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said Tuesday.

KYIV, April 20 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet in eastern Ukraine, where long-simmering tensions have resurged in recent weeks, CNN reported.

KYIV, April 20 – Ukraine’s economy is expected to contract 4.5% on the year in 2020 if the government lifts quarantine by the middle of May, but this will deteriorate if the quarantine is extended, analysts said.

KYIV, April 20 – Ukraine will probably extend quarantine for several weeks as projections show the county is not likely to hit the peak of coronavirus cases before early May, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday.

KIEV, April 19 - During an official visit to the United Kingdom, President of Petro Poroshenko met with representatives of business circles of the country, the press service of the Ukrainian president said.