We expect the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of up to 4% by the end of the year, – Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine's economy is recovering at a faster pace than was previously forecast. All institutions are now revising their GDP growth estimates upwards. This was stated by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of the Economy of Ukraine, in her speech at the Yalta European Strategy YES 2023 forum.

Government plans to develop draft National Energy and Climate Plan as soon as possible, – Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine is accelerating the development of the National Energy and Climate Plan and plans to present the first draft of the document by the end of November. This is a very short timeframe - as a standard, such a document takes at least 1-1.5 years to prepare. This was stated by the First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko during a meeting of the High-Level Group on the preparation of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).

Work done under the Ukraine Facility programme will form the basis for attracting other donors: Yuliia Svyrydenko First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and European Commission’s Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman discussed progress in the preparation of the Ukraine Plan under the EU’s Ukraine Facility programme. The parties agreed on the further schedule of meetings, the list of documents required for approval and the deadlines for the approval of key stages of the plan.

We are looking for a constructive solution to grain trade that will benefit all countries: Yuliia Svyrydenko in Romania First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko discussed issues of trade and economic cooperation and military partnership with Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Ciolacu. The meeting took place in Bucharest on the sidelines of the Three Seas Initiative Summit. The main topic of the talks was grain trade between Ukraine and the EU.

Reconstruction of Ukraine will be the engine of regional economic growth: Yuliia Svyrydenko at 3SI Business Forum The financial infrastructure of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), in particular the 3SI Investment Fund, can play an important role in securing investment in long-term projects in Ukraine. And 3SI risk insurance through export credit agencies and DFI project financing will allow companies from the Three Seas Initiative countries to make greater inroads into the Ukrainian private sector. This was stated by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, in her speech at the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum in Bucharest on 7 September.