KIEV, Sept. 19 – The growth of Ukraine’s gross domestic product slowed to 1.5% over the first eight months of 2012, in comparison with 2% over the first seven months and 2.5% over the first six months.

"GDP growth has been preliminarily evaluated at 1.5% over this period [January-August]," Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said while opening a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev on Wednesday.