KIEV. March 16 - Ukraine's GDP growth may slow down by 1.25-1.3 percent this year due to the Donbas blockade, the Finance Ministry estimated.

"The tentative estimate as of today is 'minus' 1.25-1.3 p.p.," Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk told reporters on the sidelines of a Dragon Capital conference in Kiev on Thursday.

In his words, this assessment almost the same as the one previously announced by the National Bank of Ukraine.