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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022

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UN’s Guterres arrives in Ukraine for talks
KYIV, Aug 17 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Lviv in western Ukraine, where he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 01:46 | More

Ukraine’s consumer confidence improves slightly in July, but is still low
KYIV, Aug 17 – The consumer confidence index of Ukrainians improved by 1.1 points in July to 73.2 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by the Info Sapiens agency. 01:45 | More

Energoatom to build, operate AP1000 unit at Rivne NPP by 2032
KYIV, Aug 17 – Ukraine’s national nuclear power company Energoatom plans to build and put into operation power unit-5 of Rivne nuclear power plant (NPP) using the AP1000 technology of U.S. Westinghouse by 2032. 01:44 | More

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy received credentials from Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic Idris Kadyrkulov, Ambassador of Romania Alexander Victor Mikula, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Peter Van de Velde and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, who are starting a diplomatic mission in our country.

NBU may double money printing to in 2022 to cover budget deficit
KYIV, Aug 17 – Under certain conditions, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) can cover the state budget deficit of up to UAH 60 billion with emission financing, Deputy Head of the President's Office Rostyslav Shurma has said, while the National Bank declares the upper ceiling of UAH 30 billion per month. 01:43 | More

IN FOCUS	Western nations pledge support for Ukraine COPENHAGEN, Aug 11 - Western countries agreed Thursday to continue long-term funding to help Ukraine’s military keep fighting nearly 5½ months after Russia invaded its neighbor, saying 1.5 billion euros ($1.5 billion) has been pledged so far and more is coming. 00:08 \| More
Ukraine hits bridge to cut Russian supplies KYIV, Aug 14 - Russia’s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine over the weekend as Ukrainian forces launched a strike on a key bridge to cut Russian supplies in the Russia-occupied Kherson region. 01:30 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More