Ukraine reported a 0.7% drop in the country's GDP in the quarter

Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.7% in the first quarter compared to the beginning of the current year. This was announced on May 5 by the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.

According to the agency's Facebook post (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), the drop was 0.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Raking hands: Kiev wants money from the European Union again

Zelensky is trying to return attention to Ukraine

On April 21, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Andriy Melnyk, demanded that European allies decide to increase military aid to Kiev to 1% of their GDP.