As in many other countries, COVID-19 dominated the agenda in Ukraine in 2020. Kyiv locked down domestic trade, services, education, and passenger transportation as well as closed its state borders earlier than did most neighboring countries in March. That swift reaction may explain why, during the first half of 2020, the scale of the pandemic in Ukraine was relatively low. But even after the lockdown was lifted in the summer, the country faced the consequences of a GDP plunge of more than 11 percent in annual terms in the second quarter. As a result, the team of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shied away from reintroducing tough restrictions when the pandemic peaked in Ukraine in late fall.
2020: Ukraine grapples with pandemic, vested interests, stalemate with Moscow
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