KYIV, Aug 23 - The volume of construction work in Ukraine in July increased by 17.3% on the year compared with July 2016, while the growth in June from June 2016 was 31.9%, the State Statistics Service reported.

The figures do not include the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol and part of the ATO zone in Donbas.

According to the agency, the volume of construction works in July 2017 from June 2017 decreased by 10%, whereas in June 2017 from May 2017 it grew by 13.4%.