KYIV, May 19 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s economy returned to growth in April after a decline in the first quarter of the year, with gross domestic product up by 0.9%, driven by retail, the food sector, and weapons production, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Tuesday.
She said that GDP growth in April had helped mitigate the contraction in the previous months of the year. GDP slipped by 0.2% in the first four months of the year. In the first quarter of 2026, GDP shrank by 0.5% year-on-year, data showed.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka, Olena Harmash; Editing by Alison Williams)
