KYIV, July 3 – Ukrainian forces retreated from Lysychansk, the last city of the Luhansk region that had not yet been controlled by Russia, amid heavy artillery fire to save lives of Ukrainian soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.
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KYIV, July 3 - It’s not the United States’ role to push Ukraine to negotiate a settlement with Russia, even if the Biden administration thought that it was the right thing to do, John Kirby said Sunday.
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KYIV, July 1 – President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso, Secretary Generals of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann and the Council of Europe Marija Pejeinovic Buric confirmed their participation in the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will be held in Lugano on July 4-5.
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KYIV, July 1 – Ukraine in 2021/2022 marketing year (MY, July-June) exported 48.51 million tons of grains and legumes, which is 8.4% higher than in the previous MY, despite Russia's full-scale invasion and difficulties with the export of agricultural products because of the blockade of Ukrainian seaports.
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KYIV, July 1 – Prices in housing under construction in June are higher than in February, despite a decrease in interest in investments by 50-80%, Denys Sudilkovsky, marketing director of the LUN new buildings portal, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
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KYIV, July 1 – The Business Activity Expectations Index, calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) after a three-month pause, rose to 41.3 in June from 40.5 in January and remained below the neutral level, as evidenced by the results released on Friday business survey.
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KYIV, June 30 - Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), has announced the launch of a mechanism for the formation of the register of oligarchs, commenting on the implementation by President Volodymyr Zelensky of the relevant decision of the National Security and Defense Council.
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KYIV, June 30 – Spending on defense, public order, security and judiciary in May this year increased by 49.5% compared to April, to UAH 134.6 billion.
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KYIV, June 30 – From June 30, Ukraine began exporting electricity to Romania at a capacity of 100 MW, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced.

Today, from 1 a.m., such exports went in the direction of Romania. The initial volume is 100 MW," he wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday.
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SLOVIANSK, June 30 - Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.
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