Groysman told about the losses of Ukraine from Russian aggression

Ukraine has lost more than 16% of GDP.

Ukraine because of the aggression of Russia lost more than 16% of GDP, continues to lose the lives of innocent civilians and the military.

This was stated by Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman during the meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev.

“We because of the Russian aggression lost more than 16% of gross domestic product (GDP). As a consequence of deteriorated quality of life. In 2016, we stopped falling and turned to economic growth, but it is clear that the aggression of the Russian Federation is a very negative factor for improving the quality of life of people. And most importantly, as a result of this aggression, there are victims among the civilians and our military. In our territory, the territory of a sovereign state in the XXI century”, – said the Prime Minister.

The head of government stressed that Ukraine is under aggression has to spend more than 5% of GDP on defense.

In turn, Stoltenberg said that NATO does not recognize and will never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and insists on the withdrawal of Russian forces from Eastern Ukraine.

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