complex and intricacies of the diplomatic work that our diplomats will obviously do this year, alexander levchenko, diplomat, extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine in the republic of croatia from 2010 to 2017, was with us, we are moving on , the full-scale invasion of russia dealt a heavy blow to the ukrainian economy, the gross domestic product fell by more than 30% at the end of the year. this is the largest annual loss during the entire period of independence, only direct losses from the destruction of industrial infrastructure and residential facilities exceed 130 billion dollars, metallurgical production has decreased by two-thirds, farmers have lost up to 20 million tons of grain from of this year's harvest, as a result of massive rocket attacks, half of the objects of the ukrainian market were destroyed or damaged, however, the worst was avoided, the system of ukraine survived, the exchange rate was stabilized at the level of about 40 hryvnias per dollar, inflation at the end of the year was about 30%. this is lower than in moldova or turkey, despite the fact that two -thirds