KYIV, July 25 - The growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022 amounted to about 20-21%, said Oleksandra Betliy, a leading researcher at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).

"So far, rapid growth. But there will be a significant slowdown in the second half of the year," she said in a comment to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.