According to the World Bank estimates, 60 percent of the Ukrainians who may fall into poverty because of the COVID-19 outbreak do not currently benefit from any existing social protection programme.

The company suffered losses of 3 billion hryvnias in the third quarter after a profit of 306.7 million hryvnias in the first half of the year due to the seasonal increase in the generation of renewable energy sources.

The economy grew by 6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, reversing five consecutive quarters of negative growth linked to the imposition of restrictions owing to COVID-19.