KYIV, Sept 17 – The draft national budget of Ukraine for 2019 approved by the Ukrainian government on September 14 envisages a deficit of 2.26% of GDP, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

"The size of the deficit is 2.26% of GDP, if roughly, up to 2.3% of GDP," she told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the 15th YES Conference organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv.