KIEV, May 18 - Foreign direct investment in Ukraine, apart from Crimea and Sevastopol and the eastern conflict zone, in the form of share capital as of April 1, 2015 amounted to $45.92 billion, which is $41.07 billion, or 10.2% or $4.65 billion less than at the beginning of the year, the State Statistics Service has said.

The State Statistics Service reported that non-residents invested $350 million in Q1 2015 and at the same time withdrew $220 million, however the negative exchange rate difference was $4.73 billion.